Tagged #immigration-detention
Every article we've published on this topic, sorted by the agency's own announcement date.
Third Circuit Curtails Mandatory ICE Detention for Longtime Residents
U.S. Court of Appeals Third Circuit rules that immigrants arrested years after entering the country cannot be held without bond hearings under mandatory detention provisions, triggering potential Supreme Court review.
Federal judge blocks Colorado law expanding health inspection authority over Aurora immigrant detention center
A federal judge granted GEO Group a partial injunction against Colorado HB26-1276, blocking a key provision requiring unannounced health inspections at the Aurora ICE facility, on federal preemption grounds.
Colorado federal judge rules direct federal court challenge to detention doesn't require prior bond hearing request
A Colorado federal judge ruled that detainees need not request a bond hearing before an immigration judge as a prerequisite to challenging their detention directly in federal court. The decision clarifies the pathway for habeas relief.
Second Circuit Overturns Vermont Judge's Bail Order for Mahdawi; Bars District Court Habeas Review
Federal appeals court rules Vermont judge lacked jurisdiction to order Mahdawi's release from immigration detention; holds that immigration court exhaustion required before district court review.
Second Circuit Bars Habeas Relief Before Immigration Court Exhaustion in Mahdawi Case
Federal appeals court rules that district judges lack jurisdiction to grant habeas corpus relief in immigration detention cases before removal proceedings are exhausted in immigration court.
Fifth Circuit Requires Bond Hearings Within 90 Days for Detained Immigrants
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that detained immigrants have the right to meaningful due process protections and must receive a bond hearing within 90 days before continued detention.
Supreme Court may decide attorneys' fees for immigration detention habeas cases
The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether attorneys in immigration detention habeas cases can recover fees from the government under the Equal Access to Justice Act. A circuit split has emerged on whether habeas corpus challenges are civil actions.
Supreme Court to Decide if ICE Can Detain Immigrants Indefinitely Without a Hearing
The Supreme Court has granted review in a case that could establish federal constitutional due process rights to bond hearings for detained immigrants during removal proceedings.
The Great Writ comes to Covington: Why habeas petitions are flooding Kentucky federal court
A dramatic surge in immigration detainee habeas corpus petitions in Kentucky's federal court—from zero in 2024 to 147 in five months of 2026—reflects recent BIA policy changes that eliminated bond hearings and reclassified immigrants as 'arriving aliens.'