CASE: Master Calendar / Bond Redetermination Hearing
APPLICANT: Chinese
LOCATION: Florence Immigration Court AZ
Our office was contacted in the middle of February regarding two Chinese people who were detained in Florence, Arizona. They tried to enter the United States without valid documents and were incarcerated by immigration officers.
Prior to retention, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement set a very high bond amount. Our client wished to have that reduced so we filed a motion for bond redetermination with the Florence Immigration Court in Arizona. Our office communicated with them and their U.S. resident relative in Iowa and New York, and gathered as much information regarding their relief, equities, criminal record, family ties, and financial ability to post bond. We also gathered supporting documents from those relatives, from proof of their status and residence, to bank statements and tax returns.
On February 23 and 24, 2012, we represented our clients at their Florence Arizona Immigration Court master calendar and bond re-determination hearings. For the Master Calendar hearing, we did pleadings and sought asylum relief. During the bond re-determination hearing, we explained to the Court that our clients already passed their credible fear interviews, were not a flight risk, had established their residence upon release, had established their financial ability to post bond, and that they had ample family ties in the United States who submitted proof of their residence and immigration status. Moreover, our office explained that their lack of criminal record, designated address with contact information from their relative in the United States, ability to post bond, and eligibility for asylum relief clearly demonstrate that the bond should be reduced. At the end of the hearing, the Immigration Judge took our arguments into account and reduced the bond amount.
Our clients have been released, venue has been changed, and they are now in the process of preparing their asylum applications.
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