Many children have grounds for seeking asylum, lawyers say, and need advice during removal proceedings before immigration judges.

The new immigration service standards focus more on the specific needs of immigrants detained for civil removal proceedings.

"That said, nobody here is immune to being placed in removal proceedings."

"The employee resigned prior to the initiation of removal proceedings," the report said.

Detention during removal proceedings is a constitutionally permissible part of that process.

Those who have broken the law are subject to detention for the duration of removal proceedings.

He should be released while his removal proceedings are pending.

But a positive drug test, plus something else, like, for example, a history of abuse, could be enough to start formal removal proceedings.

ICE placed him in removal proceedings based on this conviction.

"The only discretion we had was whether to put her into removal proceedings," he said.