Tag: Habeas

Habeas reduced to a trickle

As federal immigration authorities draw Operation Metro Surge down to the usual enforcement levels, the filing of habeas corpus petitions has dropped dramatically. Over this past weekend (February 21-22), only four new habeas petitions were filed,…

Habeas at the southern border

The big news in habeas corpus yesterday occurred down in San Antonio, Texas. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery (Clinton appointee) issued a ruling in a much-followed case. From The Hill newspaper, A federal judge in Texas on Saturday ordered the release…