If your loved one is less than 18 years old and you are their parent or guardian, call the Office of Refugee Resettlement National Call Center at 1-800-203-7001 to locate your child. If your loved one is 18 years old or older: Check ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System: https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/index. To use the system, you must have either your loved one’s Alien registration (A) number and birth country or... your loved one’s complete name, birth country, and birthday. The system won’t work if: Your loved one is under 18. You do not have all the required information. Your loved one was just detained. Your loved one’s information might not appear in the system for several days. If you can’t locate your loved one through ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System, call ICE’s Los Angeles Field Office: 213-830-7911. The ICE Los Angeles Field Office will likely only have information about your loved one if your loved one was detained in the following counties Los Angeles Orange Riverside San Bernardino Ventura Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo If you loved one calls you, ask them where they are detained. After being detained, your loved one may get a free phone call. Make sure to ask where they are if they call.

Start looking for a lawyer. Try to find a lawyer as soon as you can. See our handout called “Finding a Lawyer and Other Resources” for more information on finding a lawyer in and around Los Angeles. If your loved one calls you, tell them to ask ICE to release them. ICE has the authority to release some people on a bond. ICE can also release people “on recognizance,” which means ICE can release them without paying a bond. If ICE agrees to release your loved one on bond, pay the bond as soon as you are because ICE can take back the option to pay bond at any time. You can find instructions on how to pay bond in and around Los Angeles in our handout called “How to Pay Bond in Los Angeles.” Add money to your loved one’s phone account. Once you have located your loved one, you can add money to their phone account so they can communicate with you and others while they are detained. We have instructions on adding money to a phone account at the Adelanto Detention Facility in our handout called “How to Support My Loved One Who Is Detained at the Adelanto Detention Facility.” If your loved one is detained somewhere else, call that facility to find out how to add money to a phone account.

Bond can be set at a minimum of $1500 to as high as $80,000. A bond hearing may be requested at different points in the process depending on where the individual is detained and depending on their immigration history. Some detained individuals may not be eligible for bond while others may be eligible immediately. Check if you are eligible here. Consult with a licensed immigration attorney.