Stateless Man from Soviet Union Detained by ICE Since Dec 16 Is Ordered Released in SDNY

Stateless Man from Soviet Union Detained by ICE Since Dec 16 Is Ordered Released in SDNY by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY Exclusive, April 22 – A man who left the Soviet Union 32 years ago and entered the United States was detained by ICE since December 16, 2025.  That next day he filed a habeas corpus petition in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where Inner City Press found it.    The case was assigned to SDNY Judge Jennifer H. Rearden, who called for filings on December 20 and instructed the parties to keep December 29 open for a hearing, if necessary.   He left the Soviet Union as a child and was not given a passport. He did not register later as a citizen of Uzbekistan. He is stateless.  There are two lines of cases in the SDNY, it emerged, with Judges Castel and Koeltl sending petititioners back to exhaust their administrative remedies in the immigration court, and Judge Failli (and Ho) releasing petitioners. Add to that, Judge Garnett -- on April 22 Judge Rearden ordered Borukhov released by April 23 at noon, citing Judge Garnett's decision in EMM v. Almodovar, 25-cv-8212 - that Orders of Supervision cannot effectively be revoked by the Assistant Field Office Director, in both cases Darius L. Robinson. More on X for Subscribers here and Substack here  This case is Borukhov v. Francis, et al., 1:25-cv-10441 (Rearden)  *** 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 SDNY Press Room 500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA 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 2006-2025 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com