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Federal judge intervenes after ICE arrests 2nd asylum seeker in Portland immigration court
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested two 24-year-old Mexican asylum seekers, O-J-M and Y-Z-L-H, at Portland Immigration Court in June 2025 after they attended hearings for their asylum cases.
- The arrests followed recent executive orders prioritizing civil immigration enforcement, leading to case dismissals and rapid detentions despite ongoing asylum claims and active compliance with immigration procedures.
- O-J-M, a transgender woman fleeing cartel violence and sexual assault, and Y-Z-L-H, threatened by La Familia Michoacana and living in Oregon with work authorization, appeared at required hearings when ICE detained them immediately after their cases were dismissed.
- Judge Michael Simon ordered ICE and DHS not to remove Y-Z-L-H from Oregon without written notice explaining the timing and reasons, and similar legal challenges argue ICE's tactics violate due process rights and federal court authority.
- The arrests prompted Innovation Law Lab to file habeas corpus petitions, asserting that the actions are intentionally provocative and timed to undermine judicial authority, aiming to unlawfully remove cooperative asylum seekers from their cases and expedite their deportation.
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The migrants being ambushed in court: ‘Good morning, we are immigration agents. Have you closed your case yet?’
Inside a Southern California immigration court, the morning seems to be going normally. Judge Christopher McNary is presiding over a hearing for a Mexican immigrant who has sought asylum to avoid deportation to Jalisco, Mexico. The judge denies him this option, a decision that confirms his tendency to say no. McNary, who worked as an attorney for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), typically rejects seven out of 10 asylum requests that co…
Second court challenge filed after ICE arrests another asylum seeker in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A 24-year-old man seeking asylum in the United States was detained by immigration agents on Thursday following his asylum hearing at Portland Immigration Courthouse, according to court documents. Now, his attorneys at the Innovation Law Lab are filing a habeas corpus petition, challenging his arrest. This is the second time this week that ILL has filed this type of petition after another courthouse arrest of an asylum see…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KTLO) - Immigrants who are going to their registration appointments are now finding themselves detained. We spoke with Attorney Ernesto about these new changes in the courts. Immigrants who enter the country seeking asylum are finding that when they go to their registration appointment, they are immediately detained. The opportunity for defense or representation is now denied also depending on how long they have been in …
Court documents detail how asylum seeker was misled in Portland court, shipped off to Tacoma by ICE over lawyer's objection
The 24-year-old asylum seeker, identified only as O-J-M, is currently held in a Tacoma detention center, having been transferred there by ICE.
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