Judge orders bail hearing for asylum seeker held for 3 years
almost 7 years in NY Post
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unconstitutionally held an Ivory Coast asylum-seeker for nearly three years without a bail hearing, a Manhattan federal judge has ruled. “[Thirty-four] months of detention is too long without an opportunity for bail,” U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein wrote in a decision handed down Thursday. “His right to liberty is as...