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Judge rebukes DOJ over Indian immigrant’s illegal transfer
The DOJ initially claimed that ICE had violated the judicial order and transferred Singh to New York but later backtracked.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Mon, 23, Feb 2026
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U.S. flag and Judge gavel are seen in this illustration taken, August 6, 2024. / REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
A New Jersey federal judge has sharply criticised the Trump administration for transferring detained Indian immigrant Jagpreet Singh despite a prior judicial ruling ordering his release.
The court directed the government to explain why sanctions should not be imposed for failure to comply with its Feb. 17 order.
Singh had been detained by federal immigration enforcement agents in New York on Feb. 14 while his asylum application was pending. He was later held at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, allegedly without access to counsel or the ability to make a phone call.
After Singh’s family moved the court, ICE was ordered to keep him in New Jersey and not transfer him to another state. However, according to a Department of Justice filing, the administration violated the court’s order by transferring Singh to a facility in New York.
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Following the judge’s criticism that ICE had breached the no-transfer order, the DOJ reversed its position, stating that Singh may not have been transferred to New York and “has remained at Delaney Hall Detention Facility since the Court’s Feb. 17 order and was never transferred in violation of the Court’s injunction,” according to the court order.
Citing the apparent violation and conflicting representations, the court directed the administration to submit a sworn statement detailing “the chronology, by precise date and time, of Petitioner’s detention and whereabouts from the moment of his initial detention to his eventual release pursuant to this Court’s Order.”
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