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Accessing ICE detainees in Vermont custody or after a Vermont arrest
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Detention is not deportation
No impact on the merits of the asylum case
We will try for low bond and will ask your community support people to fundraise but no promises
Sep from fighting the actual asylum case
Once retain us, do not speak to ICE about your case in any way without us present (politely decline) and do not sign anything without our review. ICE can "lie" to achieve their goals (which is speedy self-deportation)
May be relocated out of state
May be difficult for us to reach you by phone but we are working hard and following the case!
Ask ICE officer for any medicines or dietary or religious accommodations you need and tell us when there are problems
Who can we talk to, about what, who can we not talk to and about what, and if we deem media alerts helpful do you consent
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Step by step guidance for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) immigration file request submissions
Resources for seeking release from ICE custody through immigration court bond
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Download a March 2025 bond motion template here.
Download a sample personal statement submitted in support of a movant’s bond request here.
Download the redacted sample witness letter here.
Download a redacted sample VAAP opposition here.
Click here and here and here to download redacted sample motions for immigration custody redetermination.
Resources for seeking release from ICE custody through federal court habeas
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Currently, many immigration courts are using recent Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) administrative case law to refuse to hold bond hearings, absent a federal court order. Please see our federal court page for information on habeas corpus petitions to compel immigration courts to hold a bond hearing.
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Resources for seeking emergency stays of removal