| NYC Council
Staffer from Venezuela Detained
by ICE Filed Habeas Delay of Jan
16 Hearing
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 14 – A man from Venezuela
was detained by ICE at his
appointment with the Asylum
Office in Bethpage, New York
on January 12. Later that day
the NY Legal Assistance Group
filed a habeas corpus petition
in the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York, where Inner City Press
found it.
The
petition says that R.A.R.B.
was granted Temporary
Protected Status and has no
criminal record. While not in
the ICE Detainee Locator, "it
is the Respondents' practice
to hold detainees in this
posture at 26 Federal
Plaza."
It says he is
"engaged in supporting his
community as an employee of
the NYC Council, where he has
worked since 2025."
The petition, as
of the evening of January 12,
had yet to be assigned out to
a District Judge.
On January 13 it
was assigned to Judge John P.
Cronan, who set a January 16
hearing, at noon.
Later on January
13 NYLAG wrote in that it had
"been unable to speak with Mr.
R.A.R.B. despite diligent
efforts to request
attorney-client phone calls."
On January 14
Judge Cronan adjourned the
January 16 hearing and set a
schedule: "Petitioner's
Amended Petition for a Writ of
Habeas Corpus to be due
January 22, 2026; Respondents'
answer or other pleadings to
be due January 30, 2026; and
Petitioner's reply papers to
be due February 6, 2026. The
hearing scheduled for January
16, 2026 is adjourned sine
die."
It is
R.A.R.B. v. Francis, et al.,
1:26-cv-264 (Cronan)
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