Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha, a Brazilian man who entered the U.S. in 2004 or 2005, lived in Massachusetts with his wife and two U.S.-citizen children, ran a small construction business, and had a pending asylum application with work authorization. ICE arrested him while he was driving to work on September 26, 2025, and an immigration judge initially denied him a bond hearing. He filed a habeas petition, and a federal court ordered a hearing; an immigration judge then found he posed no danger or flight risk and released him on bond. The Second Circuit affirmed that ruling on April 28, 2026, and on October 1, 2026 the Supreme Court agreed to review whether the mandatory detention law the government relied on applies to people like him.