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Lawyers accuse immigration courts of holding ‘sham’ bond hearings

The Trump administration is making it increasingly difficult for people to get out of immigration detention centers. Even if they have no serious criminal records. Immigration lawyers have fought back with Habeas Corpus petitions. But now lawyers say the administration has a new tactic: setting ridiculously high bonds or denying bonds altogether on questionable grounds.