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Dominic Giannini and Tess Ikonomou

REVEALED: Crackdown on former detainees could face legal hurdle - The Real Truth

The High Court has ruled it is illegal to keep people in immigration detention indefinitely. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Emergency legislation rushed through parliament to impose tough conditions on more than 90 people released from immigration detention could face a legal challenge. 

The government was forced to free the group after the High Court overturned a 20-year precedent, ruling it was illegal to detain people indefinitely.

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