Immigration
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Geo Group Seeks 'Qualified Immunity' Shield Against Trafficking Claims
A Colorado federal judge is being asked to grant qualified immunity protections to The Geo Group Inc., shielding the private prison contractor from trafficki...
Florida Judge Slams ICE Detention, Orders Bond Hearing for 'Seeking Admission' Claim
A Florida federal judge on Monday granted in part an immigrant's habeas petition challenging indefinite detention, ruling that ICE improperly classified him...
Colorado Federal Judge Nixes 'Mandatory' Immigration Detention, Orders Bond Hearing
A Colorado federal magistrate judge on Monday granted a Cuban asylum seeker's habeas petition challenging his prolonged detention without bond, ruling that t...
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Sixth Circuit Nixes Guatemala Man's Gang-Based Asylum Bid Over Social Group 'Forfeiture'
A Sixth Circuit panel on Monday denied a Guatemalan man's asylum petition, ruling he forfeited his claims by failing to preserve the particular social group arguments he origina...
Colorado Judge Blocks Removal Of Detained Indian Citizen Seeking Bond
A Colorado federal judge on Sunday ordered immigration officials not to remove a detained Indian citizen from the country while his habeas corpus petition seeking release or a b...
Texas Judge Orders ICE To Provide Updates On 'Prolonged' Detention
A Texas federal magistrate judge on Monday ordered immigration officials to provide status updates on administrative proceedings for a detainee challenging prolonged detention,...
Texas Judge Orders 'Immediate Release' Of Guatemalan In Immigration Custody
A Texas federal judge on Sunday ordered the immediate release of a Guatemalan man held in immigration detention for over three months, finding that prolonged mandatory detention...
California Judge Bars ICE From Removing Detainee During Habeas Case
A California federal judge on Monday blocked immigration officials from removing or transferring a detained noncitizen while his habeas corpus petition challenging his detention...
Colorado Judge Orders Bond Hearing For ICE Detainee In 'Interior Arrest' Case
A Colorado federal judge on Monday granted a habeas corpus petition from a Mexican national detained by ICE, ordering authorities to provide him a bond hearing within seven days...
Colorado Federal Judge Nixes 'Mandatory' Immigration Detention, Orders Bond Hearing
A Colorado federal magistrate judge on Monday granted a Cuban asylum seeker's habeas petition challenging his prolonged detention without bond, ruling that the government's 'man...
Colorado Judge Axes ICE 'Mandatory Detention' Claim, Orders Bond Hearing
A Colorado federal judge ruled Monday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials cannot hold a Mexican asylum seeker without a bond hearing, rejecting the government's c...
Colorado Judge Orders ICE To Show Cause In Detention Challenge
A Colorado federal magistrate judge on Monday ordered immigration officials to justify the continued detention of an applicant at an Aurora facility, finding "good cause" to mov...
Colorado Judge Grants Habeas Petition, Orders Bond Hearing for Long-Term Resident
A Colorado federal magistrate judge on Monday granted a habeas corpus petition from an immigrant who has lived in the U.S. since 2000, ordering the government to provide a bond...
Geo Group Seeks 'Qualified Immunity' Shield Against Trafficking Claims
A Colorado federal judge is being asked to grant qualified immunity protections to The Geo Group Inc., shielding the private prison contractor from trafficking claims in a long-...
Florida Judge Axes ICE Detention, Orders Release Of 'Career Criminal'
A Florida federal judge on Monday ordered ICE to release a Cuban national with multiple criminal convictions after finding his seven-month detention violated constitutional limi...
Judge Nixes Immigrant's Habeas Petition As 'Moot' After ICE Deportation
A Florida federal judge on Monday denied an immigrant's habeas corpus petition challenging his detention by U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, ruling the case became moot a...
Florida Federal Judge Orders ICE To Prove 'Significant Likelihood' Of Removal
A Florida federal judge on Monday ordered immigration officials to provide evidence of a "significant likelihood of removal to Mexico in the reasonably foreseeable future" for a...
Judge Nixes Cuban Migrant's 'Bond Hearing' Habeas Petition
A Florida federal judge on Sunday denied a Cuban migrant's habeas petition challenging his immigration detention, holding that arriving aliens have "only those rights regarding...
Florida Judge Slams ICE Detention, Orders Bond Hearing for 'Seeking Admission' Claim
A Florida federal judge on Monday granted in part an immigrant's habeas petition challenging indefinite detention, ruling that ICE improperly classified him under a mandatory de...
New Jersey Judge Orders Release Of Colombian, Nixes 'Unlawful' Mandatory Detention
A New Jersey federal judge on Sunday ordered the immediate release of a Colombian man from immigration detention, ruling that authorities unlawfully held him under a statute req...
New Jersey Judge Orders Release, Slams 'Unlawful' Immigration Detention Policy
A New Jersey federal judge on Sunday ordered the immediate release of a Guatemalan man from immigration detention, ruling that federal authorities unlawfully held him under a st...
Texas Judge Orders Feds To Respond To Emergency TRO In Immigration Case
A Texas federal judge ordered government officials to respond within 14 days to an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order filed by an immigration petitioner, directi...
Texas Judge Orders Feds To Respond To Detainee's TRO Bid
A Texas federal judge on Monday ordered immigration officials to respond within 14 days to a detained immigrant's motion for emergency relief, directing the clerk to notify the...