DOJ giving migrants 'no less than 12 hours' to indicate they intend to contest AEA removal

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Source: ABC News

April 24, 2025, 6:10 PM


The Trump administration is giving individuals who are given a notice of removal under the Alien Enemies Act "no less than 12 hours" to indicate their intent to file a habeas petition to contest their deportation, and "no less than 24 hours" to file it, according to a newly unsealed document.

The sworn declaration by Carlos Cisneros, the assistant field office director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was unsealed by a federal judge in the Southern District of Texas who temporarily blocked the government from deporting Venezuelans held in the El Valle Detention Center in Texas earlier this month.

"The alien is given a reasonable amount of time, and no less than 12 hours, including the ability to make a telephone call, to indicate or express an intent to file a habeas petition," Cisneros said in the declaration. "If the alien does not express any such intention, then ICE may proceed with the removal."
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"If the alien does express an intent to file a habeas petition, the alien is given a reasonable amount of time, and no less than 24 hours, to actually file that petition," Cisneros said.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-giving-migrants-12-hours-intend-contest-aea/story?id=121142296

[moniss]

1. Sure thing Cisneros. The alien is supposed to understand, make a call, get a lawyer, figure out how to pay the lawyer

and get everything filed within 24 hours. The attorney in most cases won't even be able to get in to see the client by then. So idiot Cisneros thinks an attorney can file a habeas petition for a client he doesn't even legally represent yet. Actually while I believe Cisneros is an idiot I also believe he knows better and the short time frames are meant to preclude habeas filings as much as possible.

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2. Our fine Department of Justice.