The Judicial Precedent: How Tacoma Became a Testing Ground for No-Bond Immigration Policies
A Shift in Enforcement In the quiet corridors of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, four immigration judges quietly pioneered a policy of denying bond to nearly all detained immigrants, effectively ending a long-standing American tradition of conditional release. Over the past several years, this localized judicial practice has rippled outward, foreshadowing a broader,…