ICE rapidly re-arresting immigrants freed by federal habeas court orders

The short version

• The Guardian reports at least 20 nationwide cases of people re-detained by ICE after habeas release in the past year.[The Guardian]
• Immigrants have filed over 91,000 habeas petitions, according to ProPublica research, as detentions have increased.[The Guardian]
• Judges in Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Minnesota have held or threatened immigration officials with contempt over re-detentions.[The Guardian]
• The Supreme Court stayed a ruling requiring notice of third-country deportations, and the link to re-detentions remains unverified.[The Guardian]

Key facts

• The Guardian identified at least 20 nationwide cases of people re-detained after habeas release in the past year.[The Guardian]
• Immigrants have filed more than 91,000 habeas petitions challenging their detention, according to ProPublica research.[The Guardian]
• A federal judge in Louisiana held a senior immigration official in contempt over orders to release Ibrahim Mohammed, who was re-arrested three times.[The Guardian]
• In an October ruling, the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals denied the government's bid to dismiss a habeas petition, citing a pattern of re-detention.[The Guardian]
• More than 25,000 non-citizens have been deported from the US to countries that are not their own.[The Guardian]
• The Supreme Court granted an emergency stay of a ruling that required notice of third-country deportations.[The Guardian]

Sources

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