One of the most difficult things is to calm down a person who has just had her family member arrested by ICE and is panicked because she has no idea where he is or whether he has already been or about to be removed. Often, calling the detention centers in search of the officer in charge, or even obtaining an A number through which the detainees can be identified, is a gruelling search marked by many unanswered voice mail messages, letters and faxes. Today, ICE has created a search tool on its website to locate the detainee online. This is great news as it will no doubt improve and speed up communication between all, the family members, the attorney, the officer in charge, and of course the detainee, to determine what, if any, forms of relief would be available under the law. You can read more about it in this article from the Associated Press. ICE online detainee locator can be found here.
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