Ordered free, still locked up: Judges fume over ICE detentions
- Posted on April 19, 2026
- By Los Angeles Times
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Ordered free, still locked up: Judges fume over ICE detentions

A legal maneuver once reserved for death row inmates and suspected terrorists has become the only recourse for immigrant detainees, who have flooded federal courts in California with thousands of petitions for freedom.