CASE: Jail Release
NATIONALITY: Chinese
LOCATION: Virginia
ISSUE: Bond and Release Jurisdiction
Our client’s niece retained us to release her aunt from immigration custody in Virginia. She retained us within one week of her scheduled Master Hearing with the Arlington Immigration Court. Our client came with a fake Singapore passport and after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) interrogated her, she was placed in asylum only proceedings. She had a master hearing in less than a week with the Arlington Immigration Court. Since Singapore is a visa waiver country, and she came in with a fake passport from Singapore, possible bond and release rest on the jurisdiction of ICE, not with the Immigration Judge. Prior to the hearing, we gathered as much information as possible regarding her asylum claim. We took pleadings at the Master Hearing on March 2, 2011 and a Master Reset was scheduled in May for submission of the application. Afterwards, we coordinated with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement to request our client’s release. We sent proof of residence documents upon release, an affidavit from the person whom she would live with, financial documents from her sponsor, a summary of her asylum claim, a brief in support of her release, and other documents. We followed up with the officers multiple times, leaving voice mails and sending emails almost daily. Finally, on March 23, 2011, ICE informed us that based on the information they received, they decided to allow the release of our client on no bond. She is now out of jail and is better equipped to prepare for her asylum case.
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