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Bond Hearings
A bond hearing is a proceeding before an immigration judge to decide whether a detained person can be released from custody and, if so, the bond amount and conditions. The judge weighs flight risk and danger to the community.
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Supreme Court: No Automatic Bond Hearing After 6 Months of Immigration Detention (Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez)
In Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez (2022), the Supreme Court held that 8 U.S.C. 1231(a)(6) does not require the government to give detained noncitizens a bond hearing after six months. What it means for people in prolonged immigration detention.
