Overview

• A Texas immigration judge set Derlis’s bond at $20,000 after the New York Legal Assistance Group and Envision Freedom Fund secured habeas relief based on his low flight risk and community ties.
• He spent over a month in cramped ICE facilities, first at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan and then at the IAH Detention Center in Texas, where he received minimal meals and no space to lie down.
• On July 18, Derlis reunited in tears with his family at the Port Authority Bus Terminal after stepping off a Greyhound bus from Texas.
• City and state legal teams have filed class-action lawsuits and amicus briefs challenging ICE’s practice of detaining asylum seekers at court hearings.
• He remains under bond supervision and must attend scheduled immigration hearings as he continues to pursue asylum protections.