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Houston Contract Detention Facility

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Houston Contract Detention Facility

15850 Export Plaza Dr
Houston, TX 77032
(281) 449-1481

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The Houston Detention Center

ICE Detention Center Houston

Immigrants are usually detained in the Houston Contract Detention Facility (CDF) as they wait for their immigration court proceedings to be completed. Quite a number of people in the Houston CDF were taken there by ICE, after they finished their prison sentences at the prisons and jails within the Houston area. Generally individuals held in the CDF are often at risk of being deported or removed from the U.S. You should contact an experienced immigration lawyer if your family member is being held in this facility. Immigration lawyers can represent clients before the Executive Office for Immigration Review during exclusion, deportation proceedings, asylum only proceedings, immigration appeals and removal proceedings.

Other Detention Centers In Texas

Detention centers near Houston include:

  • The  Laredo Detention Center
  • The Willacy Detention Center
  • The Port Isabel Detention Center in Los Fresnos
  • The South Texas Detention Center
  • The Johnson County Detention Center in Cleburne, TX
  • The Dallas Immigration Detention Center; and
  • The Rolling Plains Detention Center or Correctional Facility

Release From Detention On Bond

Houston Immigration Jail

Someone can post either a delivery bond or a departure bond on behalf of a detainee placed into removal proceedings while being held at a detention facility. The person posting the bond must guarantee that the detainee will show up to their designated appointment. You can post the bond on Mondays through Fridays at the DRO Duty Section located at 126 Northpoint, Houston, TX 77060.

The bond amount is set by the judge or ICE and is often more costly than traditional bonds.  The bond gets refunded if the detainee successfully attends all the scheduled hearings in court. You can pay the bond by Cashier’s Check from a bank or Postal Money Order, and in either of these payment methods the money should be payable to the “ U.S. Department of Homeland Security”. The detainee receiving the bond must meet the following qualifications:

  • They must have a clean record and must not have been convicted of a crime
  • They need a permanent physical residence where they will live and can be easily reached by the government
  • They must not have been arrested at a port of entry

You can only post the bond if you are a U.S. citizen.  However, the person posting the bond does not have to have had any prior connection to the defendant. In addition, one or more persons can post the bond for the defendant. The process of posting a bond can be lengthy and confusing. For this reason, you should hire an immigration lawyer that has experience helping families or immigrants obtain immigration bonds and prevent removal or deportation to help you.

Information Needed For Posting Bond

The person posting the bond needs to provide the phone number, address, name and information about the financial instrument used to create the bond. The defendant must provide the following information:

  • Country of origin
  • Date of birth
  • Name
  • Alien registration number
  • Address and phone number if the place where the alien will live while on bail
  • The location of the place of detention
  • The date when they arrived in the United States
  • A field officer must authorize the bond document
  • Port and what means they used to arrive in the United States