WASHINGTON ¨C Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more ?than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump¡¯s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a review of court records found.
The decisions amount to a sweeping legal rebuke of Trump¡¯s immigration crackdown. Yet the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely even after courts ruled the policy was illegal.
¡°It is appalling that the Government insists that this Court should redefine or completely disregard the current law as it is clearly written,¡± U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnston of West Virginia, an appointee of President George W. Bush, wrote last week, ordering the release of a Venezuelan detainee in the state.
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