Legal insights and guides on ICE detention and federal court remedies.
Your loved one has been in ICE detention for months, but can you show exactly what happened during that time? The number of days in custody matters, but a federal…
ICE did not take your loved one into immigration custody when they left jail. Months or even years passed. Can the government still say mandatory detention applies? That question sounds…
A final removal order does not answer the most important detention question: can ICE actually carry out the removal? Months may pass while a person remains in ICE custody, yet…
When ICE tells a family that there is “no bond because of a criminal record,” the answer can sound final. But a criminal history does not answer every immigration detention…
An ICE transfer does not necessarily eliminate the habeas option. It may, however, change the federal court where the petition should be filed, the official who should be named as…
A routine ICE check-in can change without warning. A person may arrive expecting to confirm an address, discuss supervision requirements, or complete a scheduled reporting appointment and then be taken…
A loved one is detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, and the family has heard that federal habeas corpus may offer a path to review. The next…
There is no single document packet that automatically establishes an ICE habeas claim in Texas. The evidence must match the legal authority for detention, the person’s procedural history, the custody…
There is no automatic rule requiring ICE to release someone in Virginia after six months. Federal courts first identify which statute authorizes custody, what review has already occurred, why the…
There is no automatic rule requiring ICE to release someone after six months. In New Jersey, federal courts evaluate whether detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c) has become constitutionally unreasonable…