On eve of Trump presidency, Supreme Court takes up key immigration case

For Arnold Giammarco, apprehended for several petty offenses and drug possession convictions, the prospect of deportation meant 18 months in a Massachusetts jail, before being sent to Italy, where he had not lived since he was age 4.

For Sayed Omargharib, taking two pool cues from a bar led to 22 months in detention and the memory of the weight of the shackles on his wrists and legs when immigration agents came to his house at 5 a.m. In the end, a federal appeals court decided officials had been wrong to hold him and set him free.

And for Sylvester Owino, it was nine years in detention until a federal appeals court decided to allow him to post bond. Now, he’s still in the United States – and still fighting deportation – though at least he can “breathe fresh air.”

On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case examining whether immigrants facing deportation from the US can get the small but potentially life-altering right to a bond hearing – and the opportunity to avoid years-long detentions as they await immigration hearings.

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