Longtime U.S. resident Rigoberto Santillan-Quiroz ordered released after eight months in ICE detention without bond
Jun 30, 2026
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that ICE's policy of mandatory detention without bond for noncitizens violates due process and federal law, ordering the release of Rigoberto Santillan-Quiroz. Santillan-Quiroz, who has lived in the U.S. for approximately twenty years and is married to a legal permanent resident with a U.S. citizen stepdaughter, was arrested during an interior traffic stop in November 2025 and held for eight months without a bond hearing under the Trump administration's July 2025 detention policy. The court found no justification for his detention, noting he posed no flight risk or danger to public safety and had never been charged with a crime. The court ordered the government to grant him a bond hearing within seven days or release him, and the ruling applies across the Tenth Circuit's six-state jurisdiction.
Timeline
Sources
- Federal Appeals Court in Colorado finds ICE
- Federal Appeals Court Rejects ICE’s Policy of Mandatory Detention Without Bond, Orders Release of Longtime U.S. Resident | American Civil Liberties Union
- luxverahall.com
- Court rules ICE detention policy violates federal law
abqjournal.com·Jul 2, 2026·archived copy
- Feds Can’t Hold Interior Immigrants Without Bond, Appeals Court Rules In Quiroz V. Mullin - Tampa Free Press
tampafp.com·Jul 1, 2026·archived copy
- Santillan v. Maldonado, 1:26-cv-05177
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