Trump Suffers Legal Loss In Bid To ‘Reset’ Migrant Detention Clock
Summary
A federal appeals court ruled against the Trump administration’s claim that the six-month detention limit for immigrants should restart when they are detained again. The court decided that the six-month limit applies only once and sent the case of immigrant Kaveh Abedi back to a lower court for further review.Key Facts
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit made the ruling in June 2025.
- The case involved Kaveh Abedi, an Iranian immigrant detained by ICE after being released more than 20 years earlier.
- The court said the six-month detention limit starts only once after a removal order becomes final and should not reset if detainees are held again later.
- The six-month rule comes from a 2001 Supreme Court case, Zadvydas v. Davis, which protects immigrants from long-term detention if deportation is unlikely soon.
- Abedi had been protected from removal under the Convention Against Torture and lived in the U.S. lawfully for many years.
- The court also found that Abedi was not given a prompt chance to challenge his detention, violating federal rules.
- The ruling sends the case back to the lower court to reconsider Abedi’s detention without restarting the six-month clock.
- This ruling does not mean all immigrants detained again must be released, but it clarifies how courts should apply detention limits.
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