Beginning September 15, ICE quietly stopped listing detainees with final removal orders on its Online Detainee Locator System, according to an Associated Press investigation citing three current and former ICE officials, while a Washington Post report found officers were also told to stop disclosing detainees' locations to attorneys and family members. The change, which came one week before the South Coast sweep, has left families and lawyers unable to confirm where detained relatives are held, since habeas petitions must be filed in the federal district where a detainee is physically located. Attorneys with the Habeas Project filed emergency petitions on behalf of two New Bedford residents who could not be found in the ICE locator system by either their families or their own lawyers.