Immigration courts
Newark Immigration Court
970 Broad St, Suite 1100, Newark, NJ 07102
Est. wait 4.3 yrs · 14 judges · Pending 55,000
Wait times and pending-case figures are estimates; confirm your hearing with your A-number through EOIR.
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Free immigration tool · New Jersey
The legal minimum immigration bond is $1,500; judges commonly set $5,000 to $10,000, and more where flight risk or public-safety concerns appear. Six questions give you a realistic range and flag the situations where mandatory detention blocks a bond.
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Disclaimer: Bond amounts are set by immigration judges and vary widely by jurisdiction, judge, and individual circumstances. Mandatory detention under INA §236(c) may apply to certain criminal convictions, in which case no bond is available from the immigration court. This tool provides general information only and is not legal advice. Using it does not create an attorney-client relationship with Santos Khoury Law.
How it works in New Jersey
If ICE arrested someone in New Jersey, or in New York City, they are very likely at Delaney Hall or the Elizabeth Detention Center. Both facilities move fast: intake, a custody decision, and a first hearing can happen within days. We locate detainees at both facilities and file bond requests immediately.
New Jersey holds detainees for the whole New York metropolitan area. People arrested in New Jersey, New York City, and Connecticut are commonly held at Delaney Hall in Newark or the Elizabeth Detention Center, with hearings on the Newark detained docket.
New Jersey immigration facts
Newark Immigration Court
970 Broad St, Suite 1100, Newark, NJ 07102
Est. wait 4.3 yrs · 14 judges · Pending 55,000
Wait times and pending-case figures are estimates; confirm your hearing with your A-number through EOIR.
New Jersey holds detainees for the whole New York metropolitan area. People arrested in New Jersey, New York City, and Connecticut are commonly held at Delaney Hall in Newark or the Elizabeth Detention Center, with hearings on the Newark detained docket.
Affirmative asylum interviews for New Jersey residents are generally scheduled through the Newark Asylum Office (Lyndhurst, NJ).
USCIS field offices serving New Jersey: Newark, Mount Laurel.
Our attorneys are admitted in New Jersey and appear at the Newark Immigration Court and on the Elizabeth detained docket, in person and by video.
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Common questions
ICE makes the first custody decision. If ICE denies bond or sets it too high, an immigration judge can review it at a bond hearing (a custody redetermination).
A sponsor with lawful status pays the full amount to ICE through the online CeBONDS system or at an ICE office; a licensed immigration bond company can post it for a fee. The money is refundable when the case ends if every condition was met.
Certain criminal convictions and some entry situations make a person ineligible for a bond from the immigration judge. Whether a conviction really triggers mandatory detention is a technical question that attorneys frequently win.
Typically within days to a few weeks of the request, depending on the facility and the court's docket. The sooner a lawyer files with a complete bond packet, the sooner the hearing is set.
Delaney Hall (Newark, NJ), Elizabeth Detention Center (Elizabeth, NJ). Transfers in the first week are common, so we locate the person before filing.
The immigration court with jurisdiction over the facility holding the person, usually on a detained docket by video. Non-detained cases in New Jersey are heard at Newark.
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