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ICE Release Paths Near Clearwater

Immigration custody is separate from county, state, and BOP custody. A Clearwater County booking may close because the sheriff released someone to the community, but it may also close because another authority took custody. When an immigration detainer or transfer appears, follow the receiving system. A detainer signals that another authority may seek custody at the end of the present hold; it is not itself proof that a transfer occurred.

Leaving ICE custody can also have several meanings. Conditional release may place the person outside detention under immigration requirements. Removal means departure from the United States through the immigration process. A transfer can move the person to another detention location, and delivery to another authority can continue physical custody. None of those events should be summarized as “released home” without an affirmative record.

The custody sequence is often: Clearwater County event → documented receiving authority → ICE detention or processing → conditional release, removal, transfer, or another handoff. The sheriff's record answers whether county custody ended in an ICE transfer. The ICE system answers the immigration part. A county roster deletion alone cannot connect the two.

Confirm ICE Detainee Releases

The ICE Online Detainee Locator System, often called ODLS, offers two search methods. The most precise uses the person's A-number and country of birth. An A-number is the immigration file number. ODLS requires nine digits, so add leading zeroes when the known number has fewer digits. The second method uses biographical information. Exact spelling and the correct country of birth matter.

ICE guidance says ODLS covers people currently detained and those released from ICE custody within the previous 60 days. People under 18 are excluded. That makes ODLS useful for a recent status check but weak as a long-term archive. A no-result after the window expires does not establish that the person was never detained or that a release did not occur.

1. Gather the A-number and country of birth when lawfully known. Format the A-number as nine digits.
2. Search ODLS by A-number first. Use the biographical method only when the file number is unavailable or needs confirmation.
3. Compare the result to known identity facts. Do not accept a similar name without a sound match.
4. Read whether the result points to current detention or a recent end to ICE custody, then note the date and listed facility or office.
5. Contact the relevant Enforcement and Removal Operations field office or detention facility to learn whether the event was conditional release, removal, transfer, or a handoff.

Read ICE Release Results

ODLS is a locator, not a full immigration case file. Its purpose is to help identify current detention and recent release information within the stated window. Read only what the live result says. Do not infer the reason for an end-of-custody event when the locator does not supply it.

A-number

A nine-digit immigration file identifier used for the most precise ODLS search.

Biographical search

A search based on identity details such as name and country of birth when the A-number is not used.

Conditional release

An end to physical ICE detention that may include continuing immigration conditions.

Removal

A distinct immigration outcome that should not be described as a return to the Clearwater community.

Transfer

A change of facility or custodian, not proof that physical detention ended.

The official ICE detention guidance supplies the locator's coverage details and routes for more information. A person absent from the system may fall outside the recent-release window, may be under 18, may be entered under different identity details, or may belong to another custody system.

Note: Search spelling and country-of-birth data carefully because an inaccurate biographical entry can produce a misleading no-result.

Clearwater ICE Release Handoffs

No official material reviewed establishes that Clearwater County Jail has an ICE detention contract or that a dedicated ICE facility sits in the county. National immigration operations do not create a local facility fact. Use the ICE search as a conditional jurisdiction path when a court record, sheriff custody record, detainer, transfer entry, or other reliable source identifies immigration involvement.

If the Clearwater current inmate roster once displayed the person and the name later disappeared, request the sheriff's public custody event. Ask for the release date and time, release type or legal authority, and receiving agency or destination when that field is public. An affirmative entry naming ICE can support the handoff. The current roster itself has no release date, reason, destination, or archive field.

Minnesota VINE covers a county-jail custody change. It does not replace ODLS for immigration custody. Likewise, the MN DOC Public Viewer applies to people committed to the Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections, while the BOP locator applies to federal prison custody. Choosing the wrong system can make an active detention look like a release simply because that person does not appear in an unrelated database.

The Clearwater County Jail release-record path explains how to document the local event before moving into ODLS. Preserve the receiving authority's exact name and date so the immigration search begins with a documented link.

ICE Release Contacts and Records

The correct contact depends on the ODLS result and the custody path. Use the listed detention facility for physical custody details and the responsible Enforcement and Removal Operations field office for the meaning of an ICE status. If Clearwater County made the transfer, the Clearwater County Sheriff's Office owns the local custody event. Each office can address its own records and should not be asked to certify another agency's status.

When contacting an office, provide the nine-digit A-number, full recorded name, country of birth, date of birth when lawfully known, detention location, and approximate date. Ask for the existing public or releasable record that documents the custody change. If a field cannot be disclosed, ask what public status information the office can confirm and which office now has custody.

The Clearwater County public-information form may document only the county transfer. The county identifies Darin Halverson as sheriff as of the research date, and his office can address that event or route a local records request. The county cannot create an ICE case history. The relevant immigration office remains the source for the later ICE status and its meaning.

If the physical facility and the ERO office give different labels, preserve both responses with their dates. The facility can best address the physical handoff, while the immigration office can explain ICE's recorded status. Neither answer should be stretched into a claim about another custodian.

Older ICE Release Checks

The 60-day released-person coverage makes time the key limit. Once a recent release falls outside the locator window, the absence of a result proves little. Retain the A-number, facility, field office, custody date, and any notice while the event is recent. Those details make a later inquiry much more precise.

For a federal immigration court matter, use the correct federal immigration source identified by the person's case documents. For a federal criminal case with a later immigration hold, PACER can show the criminal order but may not show the complete ICE custody event. For a Clearwater criminal case, Minnesota Court Records Online can explain the county disposition without proving what ICE later did.

Older verification therefore works from known records outward. Start with the sheriff release or transfer event if Clearwater County was the first custodian. Then use the receiving facility or ERO office identified in that record. If another agency took custody after ICE, continue with that named authority. Avoid converting a missing online result into a definitive release statement.

The Clearwater County release search places county, state, federal, and immigration sources in one custody-first sequence. ICE should remain a separate branch because its coverage, identifiers, and release meanings differ from the county and corrections systems.

Note: The absence of a local ICE facility does not rule out an ICE case, but it does require a documented jurisdiction link before using this search path.