The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that prolonged, unreviewable immigration detention is unlawful and contrary to Catholic Social Teaching. The brief, filed in *Genalo v. Black*, urges the Court to recognize immigrants’ liberty interests and constitutional rights to due process, arguing that courts have affirmed the right to judicial review of prolonged civil detention since the founding, and that prolonged detention without judicial review inflicts severe and often irreparable harm. The case concerns whether civil immigration detainees held under INA § 236(c) are entitled to individualized review of prolonged detention in the form of a bond hearing.
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