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Rachel M. Hass, Esq.McDavid Burke Alan Esq
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Executive Oce r Imgrton Reew
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ncosed s a copy of the Board's decson and orer n the above-rerenced case.
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Panel Members:Gundg, John
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U prmn of uscExecutve Oce fr Imiation Review
Decs f the Bard f Ia Appeals
Fal Chuch, Vrgna 20530
Files: 416 Sn Antonio TX Date
474849
In re
IN BOND PROCEEDNGS
APPE
N BEHALF OF RESPONENS Rachel M. Hs EsqureBuke A Mcavid Esqure
ON BEHALF OF DHS Pilip A BAssistant Cef Consel
APPLICATION Chge in custody status
[JAN 3 0 2C
The Depent f Homelnd Secty appeals om e Imiation Judge's rders datedOctober 2 d 3 204 anting te respondents' requests r a change in cutody sta TheIiation Judge issued a bond emrndum on November 5, 04 setting rth the reasonsr his decisin The appe will be dismisse
We review he Imgran Judges ndngs f ct r cle error but questins of lawdiscretion d judent d all ter issues appeals re subect to de novo revie 8 CF§ 1003(d(3
We do not nd that e Imiation Judge failed to provide a "reasonable ndation r sdecisin See HS Bief n Appel dated Dec 1 204 at 2 he Imian Jdge prperlconsidered te evidence relevt to the dngerousness of te respondents te treat ty pose tonational secity and their igt ris See Mtter of Guerra, 4 &N Dec 37 (BA 006; see
lo J at 2-7) he HS nnetheless ges at te matin Judge dd nt cectlapply te Atoey Generls precedential decsin of Mr of 3 I&N Dc 72 AG003 See DHS Brief on Appe dated Dec. 16 204 at 5 We disagree
e mmatn ge dd cnide e natinl ec nd migatin lc intersimplicated by the encagement f her lawl mass mains nd e relese of heserespondents pending e reslutin f eir remvl prceeings. See (J at 3-7 We havelikewise considered te mpact on such interests of releasing tese respondents (nd simillysited lins See Mte of sup, at 581 However we do nt nd that a denia ofbond is necessry under these circmstnces
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Th l dsos w s d h s psd tr oD- s ved Unted States ppoxmy o y osks o Sp 11, 001 s p o o so s ar ofDJ, sura
576-80 H ws o op o s who o o o d whompd o vd o do d w om hos sho Id. By os, h spods s pos y n o Svdo who d h USs y oss h soh od y 04 (I ) Th s o vd h o
h spods soh o o sp os who pph h (I ) 1
Aloh h Io s qd o os v h y os hsos o "s mo (I 45), h s o pdd o wsh vd s spods on vd S I 5-7) (s "ho o Vd [Uvsy] po d y [wo o h Govs s] pov v spos o [] po o s po, sp svdsd o [ pos] s) W o o h Iods ds o h spods oshp o y v o wos
Upo vw o h o w ol h xody dy o h onddo o h spos wo od n od o d wvs o ss mo s ow Th Aoy Gs so atr ofDJ dos o op oy sS attr ofD sura 58 (s oly [] ll od pods vov ss o h U Ss y, wh h Gov os v o sos h xv Bh w v xps ssh h s o sss mpd, Is d BIA sh os sh ss)
W wh Io s os h h spods o
d o o d w $5000 od s ppop o o ss hd spods pp hs Rd spos s o hIo d h h spods hv x dss Un Ss, hvslshd p l l o ovl, d psd y os S ( 3) Th o hs o dso s os o osd soy dos tr o urra ur 40
1 W lso o h h spos ppos pd Io
, whs h syppo d y h attr o D ws dd y o Jd Ao issue do J at 3). C ofD-J-,sur 573
h o o osos h Imo s ppo o ttr oD o h s o hs ss, w o dss s do h ttr ofD s "dsposv o ss h Co o s spods (I 5)
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Finally, thou we conclude that te ead espondent' eease nde a bond of $5000 issonable, the gaon Jugs oers wll b mo c ha h ervaveespondents e to be eeased on conditional poe. See section 236(a) ()(B) of the
Iiaon and Nationity At, 8 USC §1226(a)(2)(B) e Iiaon udge iniate inhs ods tht e diatie spondents wod be eleasd on th o eoces;howev he xplicitly condioned ei eleases upon e lea espondents postng of te$5,000 bon Acodiny the owing oes w be enteed
OER: The appe is disissed
URTR ORDR Th Igaton dges odes e odied to eet at ediative esponnts e ease on contio paole
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UNTD STATES EPARTMNT OF JUSTCXECUTVE OFFCE FOR MMIGRATO RVW
MGRATON COURT8 DOLOROSA STRT, SUT
SA ANTONO, TEXAS 787
IN THE MATTERS OF )
RSODTS
IN BOND ROCEDINGS
)) Case No.: A) Case No:) Case No: A
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O BEHAF OF TH OVENMETUS. Iigaion & Cusos nceenOce of Cief Counsel8940 Fouwinds D, 5 FSan Anonio TX 78239
OD MEORADM AD ORER O TH IMMGRATO JUG
Procedural istory
Te lead esponden is a naive and ciizen of El Salvado,
wo eneed e Unied Saes a o nea Roa, Texas, on uly 30 2014 Te mino espondens
ae e lead esponden's cilden, a and aall naives and ciizens of El Salvado wo accopanied ei moe ino e
Unied Saes On an asylum oce conduced a cedibe fea ineview of e
espondens and und a ey esablised a cedible fea of pesecuion All espondens ae
caged as emoable aliens pusuan o secion 212a)7)A)i)I) of e Iiaion and
Naionaliy Ac e Ac, as aended, as aliens no in possession of valid eny docuens
Te DHS deemined a no bond sould be se in e espondens cases Te
espondens equesed a edeeminaion of ei cusody saus ing wi e Cou documens
in suppo of ei eques Te DHS led wi e Cou docuens in suppo of a denial of a
On
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mino respondets be eleased on their own recognizance The Cout rthe ordeed that the
lead espondent only be eleased with he childe and conversely the mior respodents only
with their mother The HS has appealed the Courts custody redetemiatio
II Redetermnaton of Custody Status and ondIn geneal an alien who is in the custody of the HS may aply to a Immigratio Judge
a edetermiatio of his custoy status at ay time bere a removal order becomes
administratively nal See 8 CF.R § 1236l(d)(l ) The alie must howeer establish that he
merits elease on bond. See Mater of Guerra 24 I&N Dec 37 40 BIA 2006) see also Maer
o Adeni 22 &N ec 10 11-12 (BIA 999) The Court must cosider whether a alie
is a theat to national security a danger to the commuity at large ersos o propety) likely to
abscod or othewise a poor bail risk See Guerr, 24 I&N Dec at 40 see lso e 24 I&N
Dec at 111 1-12.
he out has broad discetion in deciding the ctos that may be considered i custody
redetemination See Guerra 24 I&N Dec at 40. Ideed the Cour may choose to give geater
weight to one cto oe others as long as the decisio is reasoable See The ctors the
Cout consides include any o all of the lowing (1) whether the alie has a xed addess in
the nited States (2) the alien's length of esidece i the United States (3) the aliens mily
ties in the ited States and hether they may etitle the alie to reside permaetly i the
nited States in the ture; (4) the aliens employmet hstoy; (5 the alie's record of
appearance i cout; (6 the alie's criminal record icludig the etensiveess of criminal
actiity the rececy of such activity and the seriousess of the oenses () the aliens history
of immigratio iolations (8) ay attempts by the alien to ee prosecutio or otherwise escae
om authoities; and (9) the alies manner of etry to the Uited States See
here is no evidece i the record that the respodents have a immigratio histoy apt
om this entry o a crimial ecod The espondets repesented that this is thei rst time in
theUnited States and that they do not have a ciminal record
SeeCredible ea Inteview
Questions & Aswers at The Court the notes that there is o eidece in the record that
the espondents sought to ee o escape om immigration ofcials aer eing apprehended
he espondents have established that they will reside with nd • is the brother of the ther of the youngest mioresides with t their address i See
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Houe Commttee o Homead Seurty hear o Jue 24, 2014. See i at 9-13 At that
hear, Sereary oho oued he HS raey o proe he reaed tde of
uaompaed hdre" ad tem the reaed tde of ea mrao" See at 9
The HS ao ed th he Cour ee e arte o ue pera to eammrao the Uted Stae. See at 14-40 Oe arte derbe oermet ef to
tem the ure ea mmrato by mo to puh ba o mrmato a be
deberatey pated . . . bout what peope a expet f hey ome to he Uted Stae
eay See at 15 Aother arte due Predet Bara Obama requet r
Core . to quy prode amt $4 bo to oo a ure of you mrat om
Cetra Amera ro the border to Texa" the Predet a t a ure humatara
tuao." See at 21 The rema arte doumet the haee ed by ae
paruary mor attempt o eay eer the Uted State See at 25-39
The HS ubmted a opy of Matter of D-J- 23 I&N De 572 (AG 2003) that ae
the the Attoey Geera deermed tha atoa eurty oderato ere appropratey
odered ae of ae aemp o eay eer he Ued Sae y ea See
I& De at 79 The ttoey Geera ao truted mmrato ourt o oder edee
om Exeute Brah oure th reeat experte f the edee etabhe that at
atoa eurty teret are mpated. See a 81 the preet ae, the oemet ha
proded to o dearato om Php T Mer ad Tra A embe both empoyee of
the DHS See Deparmet of Homead Seurty Submo of Doumeary Edee at 1-8
Mr. er tae that he umber of appreheo at the Southet border roe y 16
peret om a year 2012 o a year 2013 ad hat the umber of redbe ar ae ao
reaed dur that ame pa, moy a a reut of am om E Saador Guatemaa ad
Hodura. See at I He tate that [a]ord o debre of Guatemaa, Hodura, ad
Saadora detaee" the ehood of reeae o a o bod or o bod amo the reao
they are om to the Uted State" See at 2 Mr. Mer te a tudy om Vaderbt
Uerty ted Amercas Barometer nsghts: 2014 Volene and Mgrton n Central
Amera" Mr. er uet tha oe ey tor" ue the deo to mrate the
extee of a ate mrato etor See e oe o o oude that ea mrat
to the Uted Stae ho are reeaed o a mma bod beome part of uh ae mrao
etor." See Mr. Mer rther ote that mpeme a o bod or hh bod poy
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wll provde addonal me o screen deanees to den hose who mgh pose a threat to
publc say or naonal secury See a 3
Trac Lembke saes ha aduls whout chldren are he most euenly encountered
category of ndvduals who legally cross the Southwese border See a Ms embkenotes ha human smugglng operatons have been known to abuse and eto alens See at 6
She also ces he Vanderblt sudy mentoned by Mr Mller echong hs comment ha llegal
mmgrants released on a mnmal bond become par of acve mgraon neworks See a
2 6
n consdern he drecves of he Aoey General n Me fD-J-, rst nd tha D
J- s no dsposve of he ssue bere he Court concernng these respondens DJ-, by s
erms, nvolved a patcular group of alens who were enterng the Uned Saes by sea and n
tha case he govement had submtte etensve and dealed naton documentng the
relaonshp beween percepons n Ha of successl US enry by seagong mgrans and he
lkelhood of rther mass mgraons See D-J-, 23 & Dec at 7 Ths case, however does
not nvolve arrvals by sea and he conce hat martme mgrant ypcally carry lle or no
dencaon s no an ssue n ths case
evertheless have consdered the nrmaon submted by Mr Mller and Ms
Lembke and share the DS conce that, n some cases juvenle and adul alens may e
motvaed to undertake a dangerous jouey o the Uned Staes based on lse assurances om
unscrupulous ndvduals regardng her ablty to ener and reman n he Unted Staes
However the DHS' poston, aken o s logcal ereme, would result n all alens beng held
whou bond o dscourage ohers om comng to the Unted Sates llegally Snce he DHS
releases undocumened alens n many cases on bonds or even on her own recognance do
not nd ha he DHS conce overrdes all oher consderaons, as noed above whch te
Cour s oblged o ake nto accoun when redetermnng cusody satus n a partcular case See
Gue 24 I& Dec a 40; ee so Aden 22 & Dec a 1111-12 ee so DJ, 23 I&
Dec at 776
urthermore he ends and mly eect noed n the study cted b the DHS
employees s bu one ctor among many ha result n llegal mmgraton om Central
Amerca, and he govement has no establshed hat t s he key ctor n hs cae or ohers
lke t rofessor Jonahan Hskey, he auhor of the Vanderbl report cted by Mr Mller and
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s Lembke, povded an afdavt n esponse to lle and s Lembke's nteetaton of
hs epot callng t a supecal and selectve undestandng of [the epot's] man ndngs"
See Respondents ocuments Suppot of Redetemnaton of Custody Status at 53-57, 55 In
hs swo statement Pofesso sky explans that the concept of actve mgaton netwokswas ntoduced only as one seveal contol vaables n hs study of the detemnants of
mgaton ntentons" and as not the cental cus" of the analyss See at 53, 55. nstea,
the cental ndng" of the epot was the ctcal ole that cme vctmzaton n Cental
meca plays n causng ctzens of these countes to consde emgaton as a vable albet
extemely dangeous lfe choce" See at 55 hs ndng s one suppoted by Posso
Nesto Rodguez whose adavt the espondents also led wth the Cout See Respondents'
ocuments n Suppot of Redetemnaton of Custody Status at 17-20 In hs statement
Posso Rodguez advses that gang volence and nsecuty ae the pncpal motvatng
ctos that cause ental mecans to cme to the Unted States and that umos of lenent
detenton polces ae not a sgncant cto elng the mgaton See n the context of
Posso skeys epot, ten actve mgaton netwoks meely med a pat of the
theoetcal amewok n whc Pofesso skey could bette and moe condently dentfy the
mpact that cme an coupton vctmzaton have on the emgaton ecson" an cannot be
egaded as a key detemnant of that decson tself See at 55
Posso Hskey the ctczes M Mlle an Ms embe gnong the
theoetcal logc behnd the ends and mly eect' as well as the actual measue [used] n the
analyss to captue ths eect See at 56 Fa om cltatng mass mgaton, as Mlle
and s Lembke would allege women ad chlden eeng volence n Cental meca
appea to be the least lkely candates to jon and contbute to an actve mgaton netwok
See osso skey notes that the ablty to make emttances s moe lkely among
mgants that have secued stable employment and esences wthn the Unted States than
among mothes wth young clen who necessaly wll be cused on smply edng" those
chlden and who ae dependent on the ncome of sponsos o mly membes to whch they
ae eleased" See ee the mno espondents ae an�eas old.hle the lead espondent has a elatve wth whom she can stay, she wll stll have to cae
heself and he thee chlden he evdence smply does not demonstate that these espondents
o othes smlaly stuated ae lkely to consttute a pat of an actve mgaton netwok
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ae:
IT IS UTHER ODEED ha he minor respondenA-) be
released on his own recogizance, with the conditio that hem
ay as d
wih his moher
Glen MchaulUied Saes mmigrio udge
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