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Immigration Court Hearings

The issue of migrant children failing to appear for immigration court hearings, as reported in the DHS Office of Inspector General audit.

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Jan 12, 2026
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What are the due process rights of undocumented immigrants in ICE detention?

Undocumented immigrants in ICE detention retain core constitutional protections—most notably the Fifth Amendment guarantee of due process and access to challenge detention—but those rights are routine...

Jan 20, 2026
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What federal records or court filings would definitively confirm whether Oglala Sioux members are in ICE custody?

A clear, document-based answer requires three kinds of federal records: ICE custody/booking records showing individual detainees and locations, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) or federa...

Feb 4, 2026

Has Trump’s homeland security found 145,000 missing migrant children?

The short answer is: no—there is that the under the “found 145,000 missing migrant children” in the sense that conservative outlets and some officials have implied; the underlying August 2024 audit do...

Jan 22, 2026

Are there controversies or audits about ICE's reporting on missing children recoveries?

and related interim reporting triggered a sustained controversy over whether “lost track” of large numbers of —figures that include roughly 32,000 children who missed scheduled and about 291,000 child...

Jan 17, 2026

What limits do INA sections 238 and 240 place on expedited removal and detention procedures?

INA §238 authorizes expedited administrative removal for certain non‑permanent residents (notably aggravated felons), permitting the government to issue a final removal order without a traditional imm...