A person who is detained at an immigration detention center can ask for a bond hearing to see if the judge will agree to release him on bond. The detainee can represent himself or he can choose to be represented by an attorney. On the opposite side, we have the government attorney (or ICE attorney) who is typically fighting to …
Detained by Immigration? What You Need to Know
While talks of immigration reform continue there is little spoken of the marked increased number of detained foreign nationals by ICE- the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) enforcement arm. Congress’ expansion of the immigration detention system has created a profitable market for both private prison corporations and local governments. In fiscal year 2013 almost 244 state and county jails were …