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Detained By ICE? Miami Attorneys Protecting Your Rights And Your Family
Last updated on January 10, 2024
The moment someone is detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, everything can feel like it is happening too fast to keep up with. Whether that person is allowed to remain in the United States or is ultimately removed often depends heavily on the quality of their legal representation from that point forward. Canizares Law Group, LLC, represents individuals held in ICE detention centers throughout Florida and around the country, and our attorneys work to protect our clients’ rights and their future from the moment we are retained. Your American dream begins here. Call 305-686-3187 now or send us a message for a consultation.
When ICE detains someone, they are typically brought to a detention center, which may be a dedicated immigration facility or a jail or prison where ICE rents bed space. During that time, a detainee waits for either a hearing or removal, though many people who are deported never appear before a judge at all. A detainee may be released on bond in the meantime, and those held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami have historically had somewhat better odds of release than detainees at many other facilities nationwide, since judges presiding over that facility have granted bond in roughly 45 percent of cases. A request for an immigration bond is often the fastest path toward reuniting a family while the underlying case continues.
Detainees do have rights, even though a civil immigration violation is treated in practice similarly to a criminal arrest. A detained person has the right to hire an attorney and to have that attorney present at hearings, though the government is not required to provide one at no cost. Phone access is supposed to be reasonable and equitable, though detainees have reported inconsistent access depending on the specific facility, particularly at facilities where ICE contracts for bed space rather than operating the location directly. Anyone approached, stopped, or detained by ICE has the right to decline to answer questions about their immigration status, to ask whether the officers in front of them are local police, ICE, or Customs and Border Protection, and to decline to sign documents until they have spoken with their own attorney.
If a detainee is not released on bond, they may remain in custody for weeks or months while the case proceeds, and that time can end in a hearing with due process protections or, in some circumstances, in removal without ever appearing before a judge. A Miami immigration lawyer can help a detained person pursue release on bond and can make sure the case does not sit without action simply because the person is in custody. If someone close to you has been detained by ICE in the Miami area, call our office at 305-686-3187 or request an appointment online. We offer phone, video, and in-person consultations, and se habla español.