Federal judges reject Trump immigration hearings as 'predetermined' detention schemes

Federal judges across the U.S. are increasingly concluding that immigration bond hearings ordered by courts are fundamentally flawed and predetermined to result in detention, prompting some jurists to bypass the hearings entirely.

Judges have been finding that immigration judges working for the Trump administration are conducting proceedings designed to produce predetermined findings of "danger to the community" or "flight risk," according to court documents reviewed by Politico.

"Some...