The Supreme Court agreed Aug. 23 to consider whether two illegal aliens in immigration detention for more than 6 months are entitled to a bond hearing. The noncitizens entered the United States unlawfully and have reportedly been deemed by federal authorities to have a well-founded fear of persecution in their native lands. The decision to hear the two cases came after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 29 that previously deported illegal aliens again facing deportation who claim a fear of persecution if they are removed to their country of origin may be indefinitely detained by the government, as The Epoch Times reported at the time. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the court’s opinion in the case, Johnson v. Guzman Sanchez. Not allowing people who have already been deported to seek release on bond makes sense, Alito wrote at the time: “Aliens who reentered the country illegally after removal have demonstrated a willingness to …
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