January 06, 2022
A New York federal judge signed off on a settlement cementing parole protections for a class of asylum-seekers in their suit claiming they were systematically denied parole while awaiting asylum hearings at a facility in Batavia, New York.
September 24, 2019
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is no longer required to give bond hearings to asylum-seekers held for more than six months at a Buffalo detention center after a New York federal judge decertified a subclass of new migrants on Tuesday.
February 12, 2018
A New York federal judge ruled on Friday that immigration judges must consider detained asylum seekers' financial circumstances and alternative conditions of relief when setting bond, saying a failure to consider both factors amounts to a denial of bond.
November 20, 2017
A New York federal judge on Friday ordered an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in upstate New York to end its alleged practice of keeping asylum-seekers locked up without the opportunity for release on parole or bond while awaiting their hearings.
September 27, 2017
A proposed class of asylum-seekers detained in a Batavia, New York, facility told a New York federal court that they were systematically and unlawfully denied parole while awaiting asylum hearings that never occurred, requesting urgent relief.