What Happens at an ICE Detention Bond Hearing?
The bond hearing is separate from the removal case. The judge asks two questions: is this person a danger, and will they show up? Here is how to answer both.
The bond hearing is separate from the removal case. The judge asks two questions: is this person a danger, and will they show up? Here is how to answer both.
A petition under 28 U.S.C. 2241 asks a federal judge whether ICE is lawfully holding you. What it can order, where it is filed and how it differs from bond.
No statute caps detention while a removal case is pending, so courts test prolonged immigration detention under due process. Learn the factors and the remedy.
Post-order detention is mandatory for 90 days and presumptively reasonable for six months. After that, Zadvydas v. Davis gives detainees a path to release.