· Montana Public Radio · By Author not listed · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
Montana Public Radio reports that Shahid Haque obtained a federal stay but that ICE moved Audemio Orozco-Ramirez to detention in Utah. Shahid sought his release while the Ninth Circuit considered the case, arguing that it made no sense to confine a father of seven for months, particularly after his alleged assault in prior ICE custody. Senator Steve Daines defended enforcement of existing law.
The report captures the limits of the appellate victory: deportation stopped, but detention and family separation continued. It also records the political divide in Montana between Shahid's crime-victim and family-based argument and calls for strict enforcement.