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Longtime U.S. resident Rigoberto Santillan-Quiroz ordered released after eight months in ICE detention without bond

Jun 30, 2026

Longtime U.S. resident Rigoberto Santillan-Quiroz ordered released after eight months in ICE detention without bond

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

Jun 30, 2026Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals rules ICE's mandatory detention without bond policy violates due process; orders bond hearing or release for Santillan-Quiroz within seven days
Nov 2, 2025Rigoberto Santillan-Quiroz arrested during interior traffic stop and detained by ICE
Jul 2025Trump administration extends mandatory detention without bond policy to interior apprehensions

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