Politico’s Kyle Cheney is probably pretty sad inside to report that the Trump administration is celebrating another victory in an appeals court.
BREAKING: A 2-1 victory for the Trump administration on ICE’s mass detention policy at the 8th Circuit Court of appeals (think Minnesota).
While district court judges have overwhelmingly rejected the policy, ICE is 2-0 at the circuit. https://t.co/pOq82zvsSA
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 25, 2026
NEW: The Trump administration is celebrating its second straight appeals court win on ICE’s mass detention policy.
But its impact — like the 5th Circuit’s — may be limited if district judges rule for detainees on due process grounds.
w/ @joshgerstein https://t.co/RIT81FSuOw
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 25, 2026
Politico reports:
A second federal appeals court has blessed the Trump administration’s policy of locking up the vast majority of people it is seeking to deport without a chance for bond — even if they have no criminal records and have resided in the country for decades.
A panel of Republican appointees on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 Wednesday that the administration had properly determined that federal law doesn’t only allow — but requires — ICE to detain the vast majority of people it is seeking to deport. That includes millions of immigrants who have long been treated as eligible for bond hearings.
The ruling carries particularly acute implications for Minnesota, where federal district judges are bound to follow it. Hundreds of people detained during the recent ICE crackdown in the Twin Cities have filed petitions for release from custody by challenging the administration’s interpretation of the law, and nearly every district judge in the state had sided with the petitioners.
Well, that’s why we have federal appeals courts.
Don’t cry, Kyle. You and Josh can give the illegal alien criminals a hug on their way out.🤡
— KvO (@Kandi8907) March 25, 2026
Translation: Inferior court hacks will keep making up bullshit rulings doing anything they can to stop the will of the American people.
— Wisco_Knight Returns (@Wisco__Knight) March 25, 2026
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In short: Individual detained immigrant (Avila) sued via habeas → Clinton-appointed Judge Tunheim sided with him → 8th Circuit reversed in favor of Trump admin. What’s new Kyle more loses from tampon Tim’s friends.
— chris canio (@ChrisCanio) March 25, 2026
WRONG AGAIN…..
TRUMP ADMIN NOT CELEBRATING ANYTHING
JUST DOING THEIR JOB
THE AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE THE ONES CELBRATING
YOU SUFFER FROM FRAMING FAILURES
— blank (@VAPERSURFER) March 25, 2026
So the list of 410 judges denying the policy you keep pushing, have been proven wrong again on appeals. They are now 0-2 on appeal. Sounds like the district judges don’t know the law and are more activists than judiciary.
— Sonny miller (@sonnymiller55) March 25, 2026
The Heritage Foundation’s Cully Stimson explains:
🚨🚨🚨 Turns out DHS CAN detain an illegal alien without bond under the law (8 USC,