WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday curbed the ability of immigrants held in long-term detention during deportation proceedings to argue for their release in a ruling in sync with President Donald Trump’s get-tough approach toward immigration. The justices, in a 5-3 decision, overturned a lower court’s ruling that required that immigrants held by the U.S. government who are awaiting the outcome of deportation proceedings get a bond hearing after six months of detention to seek their release. The court’s five conservatives were in the majority in the ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito, and three liberals dissented, including Justice Stephen Breyer, who sharply criticized the decision. ‘LEGAL FICTION’In dissent, Breyer said that asylum seekers or non-citizens who arrive at the U.S. border still have due process rights. The Trump administration took the same position in the case during the October arguments as the Obama administration had taken previously.

Source: Huffington Post February 27, 2018 19:41 UTC