Biography
Haiguang Zheng, a Chinese asylum applicant, was detained by ICE at a routine check-in on October 11, 2025 and held at the Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility in New Jersey. A federal court found his bond hearing fundamentally unfair and recorded 150 days of actual detention when ordering his release on March 11, 2026. The physical discharge date remains unverified.
Haiguang Zheng, a Chinese asylum applicant, was detained by ICE at a routine check-in on October 11, 2025 and held at the Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility in New Jersey. A federal court found his bond hearing fundamentally unfair and recorded 150 days of actual detention when ordering his release on March 11, 2026. The physical discharge date remains unverified.
The court found that immigration officials disregarded its earlier order, misrepresented his reporting history and denied an individualized bond determination. This was civil immigration custody, not a criminal sentence. The 150 days is a documented subtotal at the release order, not a fabricated discharge endpoint or a completed later total. No current custody status is asserted.
Illinois Accountability Commission, Final Report, printed 43–44 (PDF 47–48); Zheng v. Rokosky, No. 26-cv-01689, Document 13, March 23, 2026, original opinion pages 1–4,9–14.
