Detention & Bond: Defending Noncitizens in Immigration Custody

Detention & Bond: Defending Noncitizens in Immigration Custody will guide advocates through practical and technical considerations when representing detained noncitizen clients. This comprehensive guide provides a top to bottom overview of strategies when advocating for release throughout the various stages of the immigration custody process.

Highlights

This manual includes a discussion of how adults and youth end up in immigration detention, including the rights and recourse detained individuals have notwithstanding their confinement. This resource also provides detailed information on best practices, procedures, and strategies for securing the release of clients in custody determinations before Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and custody redetermination hearings (bond hearings) before the immigration judge, as well as appellate strategy thereafter. 

New in this Edition

• A brand-new chapter on habeas corpus petitions to secure releases from ICE custody;

• Up-to-date strategies and caselaw for advocating for your client's release during a custody hearing;

• A discussion of considerations and strategies to advocate for individuals with mental health diagnoses while in detention;

• A chapter dedicated to filing appeals in your client's custody case; and

• New Samples, prosecutorial discretion templates, habeas corpus petitions, motions for custody redeterminations, and more!