US judge throws out immigration board’s ruling endorsing Trump mass detention policy

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By Nate Raymond

Feb 18 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday threw out an administrative board’s decision that endorsed the Trump administration’s ‌policy of placing thousands of people arrested during its immigration crackdown in mandatory detention ‌without a chance to be released on bond.

U.S. District Judge Sunshine Sykes in Riverside, California, vacated the decision by the Board ​of Immigration Appeals after finding the administration had failed to comply with an earlier order she issued declaring the underlying policy unlawful.

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Sykes, who was appointed by former Democratic President Joe Biden, called the administration’s actions

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