Federal Judges Rebuke Colorado Immigration Judge Over Repeated Bond Hearing Errors
By Michael Karlik | The Denver Gazette
Multiple federal judges in Colorado have freed people from immigration custody after determining that one immigration judge violated their directives for properly conducting bond hearings.
For nearly a year, Colorado’s U.S. District Court has faced a flood of habeas corpus petitions from those in immigration detention. The most common allegation is that the government is improperly denying bond hearings to people who are eligible by law. Colorado’s judges have largely agreed with that argument, and the Denver-based federal appeals court recently handed down a binding interpretation of the law confirming that view.
However, that has not ended the legal battle. Federal judges, in granting habeas petitions, have t...