Practice Advisory: Parole of Arriving Asylum Seekers who have Passed Credible Fear, Damus v. Nielsen
The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Human Rights First, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin.
Why it matters
Useful as a practitioner-oriented overview from ACLU on Detention / Bond; review the source material for the most current authority and procedure.
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Detention / bond
Federal court
Removal defense
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Immigration court deadline
Bond, detention, and habeas
BIA, PFR, and federal court
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