"The Trump administration's push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal, more than were filed under the last three administrations combined - including President Donald Trump's first term. So far this year, immigrants are filing on average more than 200 of these cases, known as habeas petitions, daily across the country, with California and Texas accounting for about 40% of new cases, a ProPublica analysis of federal court filings found."
"To keep tabs on this historic rise, ProPublica is publishing a habeas case tracker. "I don't recall a time that anything like this has ever happened," said Daniel Caudillo, director of the Immigration Law Clinic at Texas Tech University School of Law and a recently departed immigration judge. The wave of habeas petitions comes in response to new administration policies aimed at ramping up the number of deportations. Among those are policies that require the majority of immigrants who entered the country illegally to remain in detention while their immigration cases are proceeding."
More than 18,000 habeas petitions have been filed in federal court challenging immigrant detention, exceeding filings under the previous three administrations combined. Immigrants are filing over 200 habeas petitions daily, with California and Texas accounting for about 40% of new cases. New policies require the majority of people who entered the country illegally to remain detained while their immigration cases proceed, contributing to increased deportation activity. The surge in habeas filings is a direct response to those detention and deportation policies. Legal advocates describe the scale as unprecedented and say long-standing release precedents are being upended.
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