INTRODUCTION
One of the most important aspects of removal proceedings is the ability of the detainee and his family to get a reasonable immigration bond. Detention is the most powerful weapon available to ICE. Detention wears down non-citizens and makes them want to quit and give up their legal rights. Immigration bond then becomes extremely important. In some cases, non-citizens who did not get bond spent years in ICE detention fighting their cases. Bond is not always available because some criminal convictions will preclude the availability of bond. But, if bond is available, it must be aggressively sought. In some cases, if the bond decision is not favorable, the decision can be appealed to the Board of Immigration appeals.
HABEAS CORPUS IN FEDERAL COURT
In addition, the firm has successfully sought our client’s release from detention by filing habeas corpus petitions in the U.S. District Court of Maryland as well as some other U.S District Courts around the country, arguing that our client has been illegally detained by the Department of Homeland Security. Federal court actions are a key component of the firm’s tactics to get our clients released from DHS detention when DHS and the Immigration Court and the Board of Immigration Appeals take stances on legal issues which are contrary to law.