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What's Happening With Immigration Court Arrests and Bonds

Community Explainer
Issue area
Detention
Enforcement
Removal Defense
Audience
Community Advocate
Published: Jun. 12, 2025

This explainer goes over the ICE enforcement tactic of arresting people at their immigration court hearings as well as a recent Board of Immigration Appeals Decision that further restricts who can ask an immigration judge for a bond to get out of detention. That decision is called Matter of Q. Li.