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The Trump administration insists that it can arrest anyone present in the country unlawfully without a warrant and hold them in mandatory detention without a bond hearing. This interpretation of the law abandons a precedent that has been in place for nearly 30 years.<\/p>\n
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judges find themselves batting down the same specious arguments from the Justice Department over and over.”<\/p>\n
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