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The mandatory detention of certain noncitizens, including lawful permanent residents, under federal immigration law.
since mid‑2025 requires to account for parental interests when arresting or detaining parents—allowing detained parents to identify caretakers, seeking to keep families together where practicable, and...
Yes — can and does hold people in custody without a criminal trial, and in some cases without a conventional immigration-court hearing, by using civil immigration detention, , and administrative proce...
Non‑criminal immigrants who are in the United States without lawful status may be released from immigration custody in some circumstances—through bond, placement in Alternatives to Detention (ATD), or...
has detained lawful permanent residents (LPRs, “green card” holders). The agency detains LPRs when it considers them “removable” under federal immigration law — commonly because of , issues at re‑entr...
can be arrested, detained, and in some cases held without a bond hearing depending on how immigration law classifies their convictions; advocates warn that even minor offenses can trigger or prolonged...
An unconditional discharge in New York is a court sentence that releases a defendant from punishment without imprisonment, fines or probation and is treated as a final judgment of conviction . That di...
Detained noncitizens in removal proceedings have constitutionally recognized due‑process protections but face a system with sharp procedural gaps: they generally have the right to a hearing before an ...
Detention and release policies diverge sharply depending on whether an individual has a criminal record: immigration law creates categories of mandatory detention tied to specified criminal conviction...