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Free immigration tool · New York
The legal minimum immigration bond is $1,500; judges commonly set $5,000 to $10,000, and more where flight risk or public-safety concerns appear. Six questions give you a realistic range and flag the situations where mandatory detention blocks a bond.
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Estimate the likely bond range for an ICE detention case and see which factors the judge will weigh.
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Disclaimer: Bond amounts are set by immigration judges and vary widely by jurisdiction, judge, and individual circumstances. Mandatory detention under INA §236(c) may apply to certain criminal convictions, in which case no bond is available from the immigration court. This tool provides general information only and is not legal advice. Using it does not create an attorney-client relationship with Santos Khoury Law.
How it works in New York
ICE arrests in New York City happen at check-ins at 26 Federal Plaza, at immigration court, at home, and at work. Within a day or two most people are transferred out of the city, most often to Delaney Hall or the Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey, or to the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia. The bond request has to follow them wherever they are held.
People arrested by ICE in New York City are often processed at 26 Federal Plaza and moved within days to Delaney Hall or Elizabeth in New Jersey, to Batavia in western New York, or out of state. Locating them quickly is the first job.
New York immigration facts
New York City (Broadway) Immigration Court
26 Federal Plaza, Room 1237, New York, NY 10278
Est. wait 4.5 yrs · 35 judges · Pending 130,000
New York City (Varick) Immigration Court
201 Varick St, Suite 1130, New York, NY 10014
Est. wait 4.2 yrs · 18 judges · Pending 65,000
Wait times and pending-case figures are estimates; confirm your hearing with your A-number through EOIR.
People arrested by ICE in New York City are often processed at 26 Federal Plaza and moved within days to Delaney Hall or Elizabeth in New Jersey, to Batavia in western New York, or out of state. Locating them quickly is the first job.
Affirmative asylum interviews for New York residents are generally scheduled through the New York Asylum Office (Bethpage, NY).
USCIS field offices serving New York: New York City (Manhattan), Queens, Brooklyn, Long Island (Holtsville), Buffalo, Albany.
Our attorneys are admitted in New York and appear at the New York City immigration courts at 26 Federal Plaza and Varick Street, in person and by video.
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Common questions
ICE makes the first custody decision. If ICE denies bond or sets it too high, an immigration judge can review it at a bond hearing (a custody redetermination).
A sponsor with lawful status pays the full amount to ICE through the online CeBONDS system or at an ICE office; a licensed immigration bond company can post it for a fee. The money is refundable when the case ends if every condition was met.
Certain criminal convictions and some entry situations make a person ineligible for a bond from the immigration judge. Whether a conviction really triggers mandatory detention is a technical question that attorneys frequently win.
Typically within days to a few weeks of the request, depending on the facility and the court's docket. The sooner a lawyer files with a complete bond packet, the sooner the hearing is set.
Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (Batavia, NY), Orange County Correctional Facility (Goshen, NY), Delaney Hall (Newark, NJ), Elizabeth Detention Center (Elizabeth, NJ). Transfers in the first week are common, so we locate the person before filing.
The immigration court with jurisdiction over the facility holding the person, usually on a detained docket by video. Non-detained cases in New York are heard at New York City (Broadway), New York City (Varick).
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