Verification result: unverified insufficient evidence, because only one independent reporting family directly supports the central AP claim about the July 30 Ninth Circuit ruling. [S1]
The central claim is supported by AP’s report that the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit issued a 2-1 decision against the administration and that the ruling deepened a federal appeals-court split over mandatory detention. [S1]
The legal issue is corroborated by CRS, which says courts are split over whether Section 1225(b)(2)(A) applies only to aliens actively seeking admission at the border or also to people present anywhere in the United States without lawful admission. [S2]
The policy chronology is corroborated: CRS says ICE reportedly issued interim guidance on July 8, 2025, and AP says officials issued guidance last July expanding mandatory detention to immigrants in the U.S. interior. [S1][S2]
The administration’s position is represented by DHS’s statement that it strongly disagreed with the Ninth Circuit panel and remained confident in its legal position. [S1]
Earlier context supports the existence of a broader split, including CRS’s account of a growing circuit split and AP’s report that four other appeals courts rejected the policy while the Fifth and Eighth Circuits sided with the administration. [S1][S2]
No supplied source contains a validated contradiction, but the evidence is limited because the only direct report of the July 30 Ninth Circuit decision is AP, and the Washington Post item supplied is AP copy rather than a separate independent reporting family. [S1][S5]
