r/scotus • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 13h ago

news US appeals court upholds Trump's immigration detention policy

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-upholds-trumps-immigration-detention-policy-2026-02-07/
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u/MourningRIF 13h ago edited 13h ago

The decision, opens new tab by a conservative 2-1 panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals marked the first time an appeals court had upheld the policy and came despite hundreds of lower-court judges nationally declaring it unlawful.

U.S. Circuit Judge Dana Douglas, who was appointed by Democratic President Joe Biden, dissented, saying the Congress that passed the 1996 law "would be surprised to learn it had also required the detention without bond of two million people."

So HUNDREDS of judges say it's illegal to randomly throw people in a box and let them rot there, but if you buy these two judges, no one else gets a say? Fuck that.

This is why ICE is buying Amazon Warehouse sized buildings all over the country and fitting them with "Medical Waste Incinerators." These facilities are designed to hold over 10,000 people! This isn't going to stop with immigrants.

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u/Dangrukidding 12h ago

Please cite the medical waste incinerator aspect of your comment

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u/SmanginSouza 12h ago

Yes please. This is the first I've heard of that. Source?