Legal insights and guides on ICE detention and federal court remedies.
The immigration judge refused to hold a bond hearing. You have found a lawyer, gathered the custody paperwork, and decided that federal court is the next step. Then comes a…
Your loved one asked an immigration judge for bond. Instead of hearing evidence about family ties, work history, community support, or flight risk, the judge said something much more basic:…
The judge looked at the file and said it in one sentence: “I don’t have jurisdiction to set bond in this case.” No hearing. No argument about whether your loved…
If someone you love is being held by ICE, you can contact a habeas lawyer and ask for the detention situation to be reviewed even if you are not the…
A loved one can be in ICE detention under deeply troubling circumstances without the case automatically being ready for a federal habeas filing. The length of detention matters, but an…
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…