Mandatory detention is the practice of compulsorily detaining or imprisoning people seeking political asylum.

ICE/DRO Detention Standard. PURPOSE AND SCOPE. This Detention Standard protects the community, detainees, staff, volunteers, and contractors by ensuring secure and orderly operations when detainees are admitted to or released from a facility.

With so many factors, the data is unclear. Standard procedures say 72-hours. However, this is rarely the case because of the number of people entering the facilities, even children. Yet, the Flores Agreement says the government must release children after 20 days.

Mandatory detention. Australia's detention policies require anyone who is not an Australian citizen and does not have a valid visa to be detained. Their detention continues until they are granted a visa or leave the country.

Mandatory detention may constitute a penalty for illegal entry, given that detention is not justified in the circumstances of each individual detained, and is directed at asylum seekers who arrive without a visa.

Mandatory Detention of Criminal Aliens While immigration officials generally have broad discretion to decide whether to detain aliens during the pendency of removal proceedings, INA § 236(c) requires the detention of aliens removable on specified criminal or terrorism- related grounds.

In most cases, Immigration must decide within 48 hours whether to put you into immigration proceedings (in front of a judge), and whether to keep you in custody or to release you on bond. After 72 hours, Immigration must give you a Notice to Appear (NTA).