Attorney General Bonta leads coalition opposing no-bond immigration detention policy

… <div class="field field-name-field-release-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2026-01-28T00:00:00-08:00" class="date-display-single">Wednesday, January 28, 2026</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-contact field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, co-leading a multistate coalition along with New York Attorney General Letitia James, <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/2026.01.28%20No-Bond%20Amicus.pdf">filed an amicus brief</a> opposing a federal policy that mandates the indefinite detention of many undocumented immigrants without the opportunity for a bond hearing. In a brief filed in <em>Rodriguez Vazquez v. Bostock</em>, the coalition challenges the unprecedented reinterpretation of immigration law by immigration authorities, arguing that the new policy contravenes Congress’s intent and the right to due process and federal statutes, and inflicts widespread harm on families, communities, and states.</p> <p>“The Trump Administration has carried out its inhumane immigration agenda by abducting, incarcerating, and deporting members of our communities without regard for the rule of law,” <strong>said Attorney General Bonta.</strong> “Its latest policy seeks to indefinitely detain immigrants in violation of their Constitutional right to due process. It’s inhumane and illegal, and I will continue to fight it in every way I can.”</p> <p>For decades, immigrants living in the U.S. who were placed in removal proceedings had the right to request a bond hearing — a chance to argue for, and be afforded an individualized determination of the propriety of, their release while their immigration case was pending. The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) nationwide adoption of this policy eliminates that right for those who are alleged to have entered the country without inspection, mandating their indefinite detention, even where they may have strong claims for relief. Many of these people have lived in the United States for years and now face confinement in overcrowded, unsafe, and unsanitary facilities with no clear end in sight. As DHS expands its enforcement efforts, millions of additional immigrants could be subjected to mandatory detention under this policy.</p> …