CASE: Bond Redetermination Hearing
APPLICANT: Chinese
LOCATION: Florence, AZ
A family relative of a Chinese individual detained in Florence, Arizona contacted our office at the end of August. This Chinese client tried to enter the United States without valid documents and was incarcerated by immigration officers. He was given a credible fear interview which he eventually passed.
Prior to retention, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement already set a very high bond amount. Our client wished to have that reduced so we filed a motion for bond redetermination with the Florence, Arizona Immigration Court. Despite being in jail in Florence, we communicated with him and gathered as much information regarding his relief, equities, criminal record, family ties, and financial ability to post bond. We contacted our client’s several relatives and friends in Atlanta, Georgia. We also gathered supporting documents from those relatives, from proof of their status and residence, to bank statements and tax returns.
On September 1, 2011, we represented our client for his Florence Arizona Immigration Court bond hearing. At oral arguments, we explained that our client was eligible for asylum relief, passed his credible fear interview, was not a flight risk, had established his residence upon release, had established his financial ability to post bond, and that he had ample family ties in the United States who submitted proof of their residence and immigration status. Our office contended that his lack of criminal record, designated address with contact information from his relative in the United States, ability to post bond, and eligibility for asylum relief clearly demonstrate that the bond should be reduced. The Judge took our arguments and evidence into consideration and reduced the bond amount in half. Our client’s relative has thereafter posted bond and he is now out of detention to pursue his asylum claim.
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