For detained immigrants filing habeas corpus petitions, the luck of the judicial draw could mean the difference between freedom and remaining in detention.
Mikayla Melo
Mikayla Melo is a reporting intern at Central Current and a graduating senior at Syracuse University, studying psychology and magazine, news, and digital journalism. She has interned with CBS News in Los Angeles and contributed reporting to an investigative police misconduct project with the USA TODAY Network–New York. Mikayla has covered immigration detention and criminal justice, and after graduation, she will head to Montana to report on criminal justice and education.
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What is a habeas corpus petition?
Explaining one of the only ways detained migrants can be released from ICE detention.