CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Joseph v Raycraft

Bond hearing for previously paroled noncitizen held without bond

Decided

The citation

Joseph v Raycraft, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued October 27, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-2883)

From the case summary

In July 2022, Joseph, a Haitian citizen, entered the United States on one-year parole and remained in the country until ICE arrested him in August 2026. The immigration court found it lacked jurisdiction to consider bond, treating him as an arriving noncitizen subject to mandatory…

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