ICE DETENTION • IMMIGRATION BOND • NATIONWIDE HELP
ICE Detention and Immigration Bond
When someone you care about is detained by ICE, clear information and prompt action matter. Barchiesi Law PLLC helps detained individuals and their families understand the person’s custody and court status, evaluate immigration bond eligibility, and consider possible next steps.
Every detention matter is different, and release is never guaranteed. Start with the information you have—even if you do not yet know every answer.
Philadelphia-based immigration counsel serving detained people and their families throughout the United States.
OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
Start With the Information You Can Confirm
These official tools may help locate a detained person and identify available immigration-court information. Recently detained individuals and recent case changes may not appear immediately, so do not rely on an online result for an approaching deadline.
ICE ONLINE DETAINEE LOCATOR
Need Help Locating Someone Detained by ICE?
Search using the person’s A-Number and country of birth or, in some cases, full name, date of birth, and country of birth. A recent detention may not appear immediately.
Open the ICE Detainee LocatorEOIR AUTOMATED CASE INFORMATION
Check Immigration Court Information
Use the person’s A-Number to check available hearing dates, hearing locations, and case status. Confirm urgent information with the court or qualified counsel.
Check Immigration Court InformationImportant: Government databases may be delayed, incomplete, or unavailable. An online search is informational and does not replace a court notice, government instruction, or legal advice about a specific case.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Gather what you can. Do not delay because something is missing.
The questionnaire helps the firm understand the detention circumstances and identify potentially urgent concerns. Use an approximate date or say “I don’t know” when necessary.
- The detained person’s full legal name
- A-Number or Alien Registration Number
- Country of birth
- Name and location of the detention facility
- Date the person was detained by ICE
- Upcoming court dates, ICE appointments, or other deadlines
- Prior immigration applications, proceedings, or removal orders
- Complete criminal history, including arrests, charges, convictions, and outcomes
Provide sensitive identifying information only when a field in this questionnaire specifically requests it. Do not include passwords, financial-account details, payment-card information, or original documents. If additional documents or identifying information are needed, the firm can explain how to provide them securely.
HOW BARCHIESI LAW MAY HELP
Understand the Custody Case and Possible Next Steps
ICE detention may involve overlapping questions about custody authority, bond, immigration-court proceedings, prior or final orders, criminal history, possible immigration relief, and federal-court review. The appropriate strategy depends on the detained person’s individual facts, procedural history, jurisdiction, and applicable deadlines.
Immigration Bond Eligibility Review
Review of immigration history, manner of entry, detention authority, criminal record, prior removal orders, and pending proceedings to evaluate whether a bond request or another possible avenue for release may be available.
Bond-Hearing Representation
When a person is eligible, the firm may assist with preparing the request, organizing evidence, and presenting information about family and community ties, residence, employment, possible relief, flight risk, and danger considerations.
Immigration-Court Status Review
Review of available court information, notices, prior orders, hearing dates, and filing deadlines to help determine the current posture of the detained person’s immigration case.
Evaluation of Possible Immigration Relief
Fact-specific evaluation of potential asylum, withholding of removal, Convention Against Torture protection, family-based options, cancellation of removal, motions to reopen, or other possible remedies.
Federal Habeas Corpus Review
In some detention matters, the firm may evaluate whether a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 could be available to challenge the legal authority for detention or the length of continued custody. Availability depends on the basis for detention, procedural history, jurisdiction, and other case-specific requirements.
Final-Order and Additional Review Options
Review of final orders and prior decisions to identify time-sensitive options that may include an administrative appeal, a motion to reopen or reconsider, a petition for review in a federal court of appeals, a request for a stay, or another available form of review. Different procedures, courts, and deadlines may apply.
No outcome can be promised. A review does not guarantee bond eligibility, a bond hearing, release from custody, immigration relief, work authorization, reopening or reconsideration of a case, a stay of removal, federal-court jurisdiction, or a favorable result. Filing a motion, appeal, habeas petition, or petition for review does not necessarily stop detention, transfer, or removal.
AFTER YOU SUBMIT
What Happens Next
Your answers give the firm preliminary information for a possible consultation. They do not establish representation.
- 1The detention information is reviewed.
The team considers known custody facts, location, court status, deadlines, immigration history, and criminal history.
- 2A team member may contact you.
The firm may request clarification, ask for additional information, or discuss consultation availability.
- 3Urgent issues can be identified.
Known hearings, transfers, appeal periods, removal concerns, or other deadlines may require prompt attention.
- 4Representation is a separate decision.
The firm accepts a matter only after expressly agreeing to do so and completing a written representation agreement.
REQUEST A CONSULTATION
Complete the ICE Detention Questionnaire
A family member or trusted person may submit the available information when the detained person cannot complete the form. Provide accurate information and avoid guessing.
ICE INITIAL INFORMATION QUESTIONNAIREOpen the Questionnaire for Detained PersonsThe form will expand below without leaving this page.
If a hearing, transfer, removal, filing deadline, or other urgent event is approaching, call the firm promptly and continue following all court and government instructions.
Provide sensitive identifying information only when the questionnaire specifically requests it. Do not include passwords, financial-account details, payment-card information, or original documents.
IMPORTANT TIMING NOTICE
Submitting the questionnaire does not stop the case or create representation.
A submission does not pause, extend, or satisfy a hearing, filing deadline, appeal period, reporting requirement, removal date, transfer, or other legal obligation.
Do not miss a hearing or disregard instructions from an immigration court, ICE, USCIS, a detention facility, or another government agency because you submitted the form.
Contacting Barchiesi Law or submitting the questionnaire does not mean the firm has accepted the matter. Representation begins only after express acceptance and a written agreement.
The questionnaire is for preliminary information gathering and is not legal advice. Release, bond, relief, reopening, or any other result cannot be guaranteed.