Man from El Salvador Detained by ICE in Hempstead Now Files SDNY Habeas Petition

Man from El Salvador Detained by ICE in Hempstead Now Files SDNY Habeas Petition by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 2 –A man from El Salvador who has been in the US since 2008 was detained by ICE in Hempstead, New York. On April 2  he filed a habeas corpus petition in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, where Inner City Press found it.    The filing says that he was "standing in a parking lot outside his home in Hempstead when ICE agents stopped him for no reason other than his race." He acknowledges a misdemeanor DUI conviction, and a dismissed and sealed "criminal mischief" charge in 2024.   The case was assigned to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.   This case is M.C. v. Genalo, et al., 1:26-cv-2717 (Kaplan) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com