Man held 8 months without bond ordered released after court rejects ICE detention policy
Jul 1, 2026·Location: Aurora, CO

Rigoberto Santillan-Quiroz, a long-term U.S. resident married to a legal permanent resident and stepfather to a U.S. citizen, was detained by ICE following a traffic stop in late 2025. He was held for eight months without a bond hearing under a Trump administration policy that categorically denied bond hearings to noncitizens who entered without authorization. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled the detention policy unlawful, finding it violated due process rights by denying individualized review. The court ordered Santillan-Quiroz's release and reinstatement of bond hearing eligibility, reversing a district court decision and reaffirming that noncitizens have had bond hearing rights for nearly 30 years.
Timeline
Sources
- Federal Appeals Court in Colorado finds ICE
- Appeals court rejects Trump administration
- CBS News Miami investigates the cost of Alligator Alcatraz after its shutdown
- Federal Appeals Court Rejects ICE’s Policy of Mandatory Detention Without Bond, Orders Release of Longtime U.S. Resident | American Civil Liberties Union
- Court rules ICE detention policy violates federal law
abqjournal.com·Jul 2, 2026·archived copy
- After ICE Admitted Having No Justification for Arrests at Immigration Courthouses, District Court Grants Stay Prohibiting ICE From Conducting Courthouse Arrests | American Civil Liberties Union
- Another federal appeals court rejects ICE’s mandatory detention policy
Yahoo News·May 6, 2026·archived copy
- lawandcrime.com
- ACLU Applauds U.S. Appellate Court Decision Upholding Detained Immigrants’ Right to Bond Hearings | American Civil Liberties Union
- Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Applaud Permanent Closure of Everglades Detention Center, Cruelly Dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ | American Civil Liberties Union
- DeSantis shuts down notorious Everglades immigration jail, touts 21,000 deportations
- ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ has no detainees, but fight over funding and Everglades future grows
tampabay28.com·Jun 25, 2026·archived copy
- Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center has closed, governor says - WTOP News
WTOP·Jun 25, 2026·archived copy
- mypanhandle.com
- "Alligator Alcatraz" shutting down permanently, sources say
- Miami Herald
- Miami Herald
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