Man From El Salvador Charged with DUI Is Detained by ICE So Files Habeas in SDNY

Man From El Salvador Charged with DUI Is Detained by ICE So Files Habeas in SDNY by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 27 – A man from El Salvador in ICE detention 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 petition says he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and that the charge remains pending. He was detained by ICE.  He has sued.  The case was assigned to Judge J. Paul Oetken, who ordered that the petitioner not be moved beyond SDNY, EDNY or the District of New Jersey absent further Order of the court. The case is Chaves Portillo v. Arteta, et al., 1:26-cv-6346 (Oetken) *** 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 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