Bail for All, Except Undocumented Immigrants 

A deportation proceeding is civil, not criminal, and for decades federal judges have allowed the government to seek deportation while permitting release on bail through the posting of a bond. After all, most detainees have never committed a criminal offense; they are grandmothers who have lived here since they were three years old. Some have valid asylum claims, some have entered the country legally, and others may be American citizens who were caught up in the system. 

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