On August 19, 2025, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) illegally detained Rickardo Anthony Kelly, a 40-year-old gay asylum seeker from Jamaica, who was awaiting his immigration hearing in New York City. The judge found that ICE failed to provide any due process—no notice, no opportunity to contest his detention, and no evidence of flight risk—all of which are legally required when detaining someone with a pending asylum claim. Kelly, shot ten