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Judge Orders ICE Due-Process Safeguards After Stress-Linked Detention

5/18/2026

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Magistrate Judge Karen E. Scott found Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violated due-process by re-detaining Freddy Cortez Lugos without notice or a hearing.
She ordered future re-detention of Lugos to require written notice and a hearing before a neutral decision-maker.
ICE arrested Lugos on April 14, 2026, released him May 4, 2026, while his partner gave birth to son Izaan on May 1, with doctors linking labor complications to stress.

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Magistrate Judge Karen E. Scott found Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violated due-process by re-detaining Freddy Cortez Lugos without notice or a hearing.
She ordered future re-detention of Lugos to require written notice and a hearing before a neutral decision-maker.
ICE arrested Lugos on April 14, 2026, released him May 4, 2026, while his partner gave birth to son Izaan on May 1, with doctors linking labor complications to stress.