Court Opinion

ID: 3545761
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-05 22:56:40.8025+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:55:35.673082
License: Public Domain

REQUESTED BY: Esther L. Casmer, Chair
Nebraska Board of Parole
Immigration detainers are issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 8 C.F.R. § 287.7. Immigration Detainers advise the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (DCS) when DHS seeks custody of a DCS inmate. The detainers request that DCS advise DHS of the pending release of an inmate, in order for DHS to arrange to assume custody.
The Board of Parole has the authority to grant paroles under such conditions as may be prescribed by law pursuant to Article IV § 13 of the State of Nebraska Constitution. The Board further has the authority to fix the conditions of parole pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-192 (1) (b). Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1,125 (3) states that the Board may parole an offender who is eligible for release to a detainer. If an offender is paroled to such a detainer, the Board may provide, as a condition of release, that if the charge or charges on which the detainer is based are dismissed, or are satisfied after conviction and sentence, prior to the expiration of the offender's parole term, the authority to whose warrant or detainer the offender is released shall return the offender to serve the remainder of the parole term or such part as the Board may determine.
It is our determination that the Board has the authority to place conditions on the parole of inmates with Immigration Detainers. If the Board elects to parole such an inmate, the Board has the statutory authority to require, as a condition of the parole, that the inmate/parolee be returned to DCS in the event the inmate/parolee is not deported, or in the event the inmate/parolee is arrested in the United States after deportation, prior to the expiration of the parole term.
Sincerely yours,
                                 JON BRUNING Attorney General
                                 Ryan C. Gilbride Assistant Attorney General
                                 Approved by: _______________________ Attorney General