Summary
Two federal judges criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for not following court orders related to the detention and transfer of immigration detainees. In New Jersey, ICE was accused of repeatedly violating court orders, and in Texas, a judge ruled that ICE must give a detained person a bond hearing or release them.
Key Facts
- Federal judges in both New Jersey and Texas criticized ICE for not following court orders.
- In New Jersey, Judge Michael Farbiarz found ICE and the Department of Justice violated court orders many times.
- These violations involved transferring detainees against court rules.
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) moved a person, Baljinder Kumar, to Texas against a court injunction.
- More than 50 court order violations occurred in about 10 weeks in New Jersey.
- A federal judge in Texas ordered ICE to hold a bond hearing or release a detainee named Victor Zamudio Sanchez.
- The judge in Texas stated detaining Sanchez for eight months without a hearing violated his legal rights.
