Judge Criticizes ICE for Unlawfully Detaining Man in Iowa
Mar 20, 2026·Location: Muscatine County, Iowa
Country of origin: Belarus
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U.S. District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger ruled that ICE unlawfully detained asylum seeker Andrei Bankevich from Belarus in Muscatine County Jail for over a year and that federal officials violated his due process rights by refusing to release him without a court order.
Sources
- Federal judge criticizes ICE for illegally keeping man in Iowa jail
Yahoo News·Mar 20, 2026·archived copy
cbs2iowa.com·Mar 21, 2026·archived copy
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