ICE Kept Immigrants Illegally Detained for Months While Searching for Countries to Deport Them To, Judges Rule

Federal judges have ruled that ICE unlawfully held immigrants in detention for months by claiming it could soon find a third country willing to accept them. Documented reports the practice is part of a broader pattern of due-process violations, with the government justifying indefinite detention on the prospect of third-country removals that never materialized.