USICE Implements Online Detainee Locator System

Announcements, Deportation, Immigration Enforcement

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) announced recently that it has implemented the Online Detainee Locator System (ODLS).  ODLS is a web-based system that will allow family members, attorneys, and other concerned individuals to locate foreign nationals that are known or believed to be in DHS custody. The ODLS is a centralized system in which detainee information is updated in [...]

U.S. Citizen in Immigration Custody for 7 Months Sues Government

Announcements, Deportation, Immigration Enforcement, Naturalization

The Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday that Army veteran Rennison Castillo sued the Federal government because officials from the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) kept him in their custody despite his requests for officials to verify his claim as a U.S. citizen. Ultimately, attorneys from the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project managed to present evidence to confirm Mr. Castillo’s citizenship.  Once the [...]

U.S. Marine’s Father Out of DHS Custody

Deportation

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that after being held in detention for 11 days for failure to appear for a deportation hearing before the Immigration Court in Miami, Mr. Janos Lutz, the father of a U.S. Marine serving in Afghanistan has been freed from the Krome Detention Center in Miami and, is required to wear electronic ankle monitoring bracelet under the [...]