Maria Vasquez Juarez v. Kristi Noem

I. INTRODUCTION

On November 6, 2025, Maria Vasquez Juarez, Emerson Sidane Lopez Lopez, Ivan Iverson Palcios Montenegro, Ismael Flores Brito, Rey Martin Flores, Israel Garcia Ramirez, Jose Leon Lopez, Elena Magdalena Lopez, and Everado Luna Frias (collectively, “Petitioners”) filed the present Motion for Preliminary Injunction against Kristi Noem, Todd M. Lyons, Pam Bondi, Ermesto Santacruz Jr., and Fereti Semaia (collectively, “Respondents”). Petitioners, noncitizens who have been charged as inadmissible for being present in the United States without having been admitted, are in U-S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) custody pending removal proceedings. The Court denied Petitioners’ original Ex Parte Application for a TRO, in which Petitioners requested the Court order Respondents to provide Petitioners an individualized bond hearing before an immigration judge pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a), with instructions that the immigration judge has jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) to consider bond. (ECF No. 4; ECF No. 8.) Petitioners now seek a preliminary injunction on the same grounds. (ECF No. 4.) For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS the preliminary…