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It explains why delays and logistical barriers can affect fundamental personal and legal rights and eligibility for immigration relief. The guidance reviews applicable detention standards (NDS and PBNDS), noting how contract and facility differences create inconsistent practices, and stresses verifying requirements with detention facilities, ICE personnel, and local marriage licensing authorities. 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Introduction  \nFor many detained noncitizens, the ability to marry is significant not only because it implicates a fundamental personal and legal right2, but also because a valid marriage may be relevant to eligibility for certain forms of immigration relief or benefits that could be their ticket to freedom from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. Accordingly, unnecessary delays or barriers in accessing the marriage process may have significant consequences for detained noncitizens and their families.  \nUnfortunately, detained persons in ICE custody frequently encounter significant procedural and logistical barriers when attempting to coordinate marriage requests. This is primarily due to the absence of uniform, publicly available guidance directing how such requests are processed across detention facilities nationwide.  \nThis practice advisory is intended as a practical guide for practitioners seeking to facilitate marriage requests for detained clients.3 Because the process governing marriage requests in ICE custody may vary significantly depending on the facility, the governing ICE field office, and applicable state and local law, practitioners should independently verify specific requirements with the relevant detention facility, local ICE personnel, and state, county, or parish (in Louisiana) marriage licensing authorities in each case.  \nII. ICE Detention Standards: Overview and Applicability  \nICE manages a network of detention facilities, operated by private, for-profit prison companies and local, state or county governments under contract. To regulate conditions and operations, the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), ICE’s predecessor agency, first issued national detention standards to govern detention operations. These standards are known as the National Detention Standards (NDS). The NDS apply to non-dedicated facilities, which are facilities used for other purposes besides immigration detention, like detaining persons in state or other federal custody. 4 These standards have since been amended multiple times, most recently in 2026.5  \n1 Publication of the National Immigration Project, 2026. This practice advisory is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) . The advisory is intended for authorized legal counsel and is not a substitute for independent legal advice provided by legal counsel familiar with a client’s case. Counsel should independently confirm whether the law has changed since the date of this publication. The author of this practice advisory is Rebecca Chavez, Staff Attorney. The author would like to thank Michelle Méndez, National Immigration Project Legal Director, for her comment and review.  \n2 The Supreme Court has long recognized marriage as a fundamental liberty interest protected by the Constitution. Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 486 (1965) . Marriage is “the most important relation in life,” Maynard v. Hill, 125 U.S. 190, 205 (1888), and the liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment includes the freedom “to marry, establish a home[,] and bring up children.” Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390, 399 (1923); see also Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1, 12 (1967) (“The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.”) .  \n3 This practice advisory draws on experiences coordinating marriage requests at the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, Texas, and the IAH Polk Adult Detention Facility in Livingston, Texas.  \n4 U. S. Immig. and Customs Enforcement, National Detention Standards, revised 2026, [https://www.ice.gov/doclib/detention-standards/2026/nds2026.pdf](https://www.ice.gov/doclib/detention-standards/2026/nds2026.pdf) (hereinafter NDS Handbook).  \n5 Id.  \nAs the immigration detention system grew and increasingly relied on dedic","cbCailjE4MreGfjB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailjE4MreGfjB","pdf",303464,"English","# Introduction\n# ICE Detention Standards: Overview and Applicability\n# Preliminary Assessment Before Preparing the Marriage Request","[{\"question\":\"Why is facilitating marriage in ICE detention important?\",\"answer\":\"Marriage can implicate fundamental personal and legal rights and may affect eligibility for certain forms of immigration relief or benefits, so delays can have significant consequences for detainees and their families.\"},{\"question\":\"What procedural issue makes marriage requests difficult in ICE custody?\",\"answer\":\"Detained persons often face procedural and logistical barriers because there is no uniform, publicly available guidance for processing marriage requests across facilities nationwide.\"},{\"question\":\"How should practitioners determine which detention standards apply?\",\"answer\":\"ICE uses NDS for non-dedicated facilities and PBNDS for dedicated facilities; however, application can vary by facility and contract terms, so practitioners should reference the standards as persuasive authority and verify requirements with relevant stakeholders.\"}]","Facilitating Marriages in Immigration Detention - Practice Advisory - June 30, 2026 | PDF",1790244698]