Overview

• Jesus Teran, a 35-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker, has been held at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center since July 8 under ICE’s directive that bars bond hearings for non-criminal migrants.
• More than 20 letters from church figures, union representatives and community advocates have urged ICE to free Teran until his asylum claim is adjudicated.
• A federal court filing submitted July 29 requests Teran’s immediate release, highlighting his consistent compliance with ICE check-ins over the past four years.
• Teran’s detention follows a July 8 memo from Acting ICE Director Patrick Lyons that eliminated bond hearings and accelerated daily detentions nationwide.
• His case has intensified legal and human rights challenges to the new enforcement policy and underscored due process concerns for asylum applicants.