ICE has shown lately that it is becoming more willling to use any tool at its disposal to impact a removal proceeding. One such trend has been the notable increase in charging under section 212(a)(2)(C)(i) of Immigration & Nationalty Act. This charge of removal or deportation is known by its standard, a “reason to believe” that an individual is knowingly involved somehow in drug trafficking. This legal charge gives the government a powerful tool to try to keep a person in custody and bar him or her from staying in the United States.
In the bond and detention context, it is an...