News Wrap: Supreme Court to review mandatory detention policy for migrants

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Oct 1, 20266:06Science & Medicine

In our news wrap Thursday, the Supreme Court agreed to review the Trump administration's mandatory detention policy for migrants, UK police arrested a British-Iranian citizen on suspicion of planning a terror attack foll...

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