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The Supreme Court handed the administration a victory in its battle to clamp down on illegal immigration.

 A group of mostly green card holders argued that unless immigrants were picked up immediately after finishing their prison sentence, they should get a hearing to argue for their release.

But in the 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that federal immigration officials can detain noncitizens at any time after their release from local or state custody.

The court also ruled the government maintains broad discretion to decide who would represent a danger to the community and who to release or detain.

The administration argued that given the limited money and manpower available, it was nearly impossible for the federal government to immediately detain every immigrant upon their release from custody.