Overview
- The ACLU of Michigan moved in federal court in Detroit this week to secure bond hearings for eight detainees, including José Contreras Cervantes.
- Contreras Cervantes, 33, was arrested during an August 5 traffic stop in Macomb County after about two decades living in the U.S. without legal status.
- His lawyers and wife say he went 22 days without leukemia medication during transfers between Michigan and Ohio and is now given substitutes at North Lake Processing Center.
- He was diagnosed last year with chronic myeloid leukemia, and his family says doctors warned of a four-to-six-year life expectancy without proper treatment.
- The ACLU argues recent court rulings against similar no-bond policies bolster the case for a hearing, while ICE has not commented.