Honduran Who
Entered US in 2023 Detained by
ICE in Queens so Files Habeas
Now US Letter

by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack

SDNY

COURTHOUSE,
Jan 29 –A man from Honduras
who presented himself at the
US – Mexico border on December
23, 2023 and was given a
notice to appear was detained
by ICE on January 28 while
walking to work in Corona,
Queens.

The next day he
filed a habeas corpus petition
in the US District Court for
the Southern District of New
York, where Inner City Press
found it. 

 The
petition says is a citizen of
Honduras who was forced to
flee his native country, and
made an I-589 application.

His case was
assigned to Judge Dale E. Ho,
who ordered he not be removed
from the US, SDNY, EDNY or
DNJ, set a Feb 24 hearing with
petitioner produced – and
asked for a letter on January
29 how this is different than
his other cases.

Release is
predicted.

 The case is
Flores Banegas v. Francis, et
al., 1:26-cv-783 (Ho).

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