Click to enter your existing username and password or create a new account. Click to purchase an individual user subscription with your credit card. NewsImmigration LawPublic interest and Gibson Dunn attorneys told Law.com they believe the decision marks the first time that a federal court has forced ICE to release an immigration detainee over Fourth Amendment violations committed by local police. The win was secured in Manhattan federal court.5 minute read May 29, 2026 at 01:47 PMByDavid P. Salant (L) of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and Stephanie Cordero (R) of LatinoJustice. Courtesy photos.A game-changer of a habeas decision may have come out of the Manhattan federal court—a finding that local police officers’ misconduct towards a migrant was so unlawful that his later custodians, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, had to release him.