Juan Carlos Pichardo Mejia, a Mexican national who entered the United States in 2006, was detained by ICE on July 28, 2026, and held at the Farmville Detention Center. He filed a habeas corpus petition on August 1, 2026, challenging his detention and seeking either release or a bond hearing before an Immigration Judge. The respondents argued he was properly detained under the mandatory detention provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2) because he entered without inspection. The federal court granted his petition, finding that because Pichardo Mejia entered the country in 2006 and was already present in the United States, he falls under the category of noncitizens already in the country subject to discretionary detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a), not mandatory detention. The court ordered that he be provided with a bond hearing before an Immigration Judge within seven days and enjoined respondents from denying bond based on § 1225(b)(2).