Immigrants detained at the Aurora detention facility in Colorado have been requesting deportation for months, with ICE providing no clear timeline for release. Cesar Eriberto Landazuri Marmolejo, who sought to rejoin his wife and son in Ecuador after they self-deported, was finally deported in November after being detained since June. Keooudone Phetchamphone, who came to the U.S. from Laos as a child in the 1970s and wants to return there for a fresh start, remains detained since August. A new ICE policy has made many immigrants ineligible for release while their cases proceed, and habeas corpus petitions challenging detention in Colorado's federal court have risen from 12 to at least 50 this year, as attorneys say delays are causing detention lengths to increase sharply.