ICE rapidly re-arresting immigrants released after winning court petitions
Summary
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has re-arrested at least 20 immigrants nationwide after courts ordered their release from detention through habeas corpus petitions, according to court records, attorneys and media reports. Attorneys say some arrests may be linked to the Trump administration’s efforts to deport people to countries other than their home countries; judges have challenged some re-detentions, including through contempt rulings.Key Facts
- The Guardian identified at least 20 cases of immigrants re-arrested after release on habeas corpus petitions in the past year.
- ProPublica research found that immigrants had filed more than 91,000 habeas petitions to challenge detention.
- A 77-year-old Palestinian man, Akram Mahmoud Omar, was re-arrested within 10 days of his release, according to the article.
- In Minnesota, seven immigrants were re-detained before leaving a federal detention facility after winning release, the article reports.
- An October ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cited a government pattern of re-detaining non-citizens granted habeas relief.
- A federal judge in Louisiana held a senior immigration official in contempt after Ibrahim Mohammed was re-arrested three times and ordered his release.
- Two other federal judges, in Pennsylvania and Minnesota, have held immigration authorities in contempt or threatened to do so.
- Attorneys link some re-detentions to efforts to deport immigrants to third countries; the article says more than 25,000 non-citizens have been deported from the U.S. to countries other than their own.
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