ICE arrests O-J-M at Portland Immigration Court after DHS attorney tells judge she won't be deported; habeas corpus petition granted 42 days later

O-J-M, a 24-year-old transgender asylum seeker from Mexico, appeared at Portland Immigration Court for her first scheduled hearing. A DHS attorney moved to dismiss her case; the immigration judge told her she would not be deported if she agreed. She agreed. Four masked ICE agents arrested her in the lobby as she exited. U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio granted her habeas corpus petition 42 days later, ruling her detention violated due process. The DOJ admitted in March 2026 the ICE memo used to justify courthouse arrests never applied to immigration courts.