Where ICE Releases Go
Departure from RACDC can mean community release or transfer to another authority. If immigration custody is plausible, ask the county record to identify the release reason and receiving agency. Only a record naming ICE or another immigration authority supports moving to the ICE search path. No county ICE contract was verified, so immigration detention must remain conditional rather than assumed.
If immigration custody is suspected, ask RACDC whether ICE or another immigration authority received the person. The county departure time ends only the jail episode. ODLS, ERO confirmation, and immigration paperwork address what followed. No official material reviewed establishes a local ICE facility or current county contract, so ICE remains a conditional route rather than an assumed destination.
Confirm ICE Custody Status
Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator with the nine-digit A-number and country of birth, adding a leading zero when needed. The alternate route uses exact biographical information. Children under 18 are not searchable. Recently transferred records can lag.
- Call RACDC and identify the person by full name and date of birth when known. Ask whether the person is currently held.
- If not held, ask whether staff can disclose the departure date, release type, and whether another agency assumed custody.
- Check New Mexico Case Lookup for a bond action, release order, dismissal, sentence, warrant, or other event tied to the case.
- Follow the receiving system. Use NMCD for state prison, BOP or the federal docket for federal custody, ICE for immigration custody, or the responsible tribal authority.
- Request the booking and release record under IPRA when documentary proof is needed.
The Rio Arriba County released inmate search supplies the county departure step. For the immigration step, use the A-number and country of birth when possible, since an exact identifier is safer than a common-name match.
Note: A county departure to ICE is a transfer, and the ICE locator may lag while the receiving system processes the record.
ICE Office and Contact
No ICE detention center or current county detention contract was verified in Rio Arriba County. The researched regional contact is the Albuquerque ICE check-in location, within the El Paso ERO field-office area.
Albuquerque ICE check-in
Enforcement and Removal Operations
5441 Watson Drive SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
(505) 452-4700
Tuesday-Thursday, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Call before visiting because assignments and appointment practices can change. Release from ICE custody may still carry check-ins and immigration-court proceedings. Release paperwork and the official office are stronger evidence than an empty locator result.
ICE Locator Scope
ODLS is aimed at adults currently detained by ICE or held by CBP longer than 48 hours. It is not a complete historical release archive. ICE attorney guidance says recently released records can remain for about 60 days, but that limited window must not be treated as permanent retention.
Children under 18 cannot be searched. Recently transferred people may not appear at once. Escalate through official ICE detention guidance when exact identifiers still produce no result.
ICE Search Identity Fields
ODLS offers two identity routes rather than a county booking search. Use a nine-digit A-number with country of birth, or enter the exact recorded name with date and country of birth. Keep the county booking number separately because it does not replace the federal immigration identifier.
| Requested field | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Nine-digit A-number | Primary identity number, with a leading zero when needed. |
| Country of birth | Required with the A-number route. |
| Exact name | Must match the name recorded by ICE. |
| Date of birth | Used in the biographical search route. |
| Country of origin | Completes the alternate identity search. |
These fields belong to the ICE locator input, not a promise about what RACDC publishes. The county record can document an ICE handoff, while ODLS and ERO address immigration detention after that transfer.
Note: The A-number route is usually more precise than a name search, but an empty result still does not prove release.
ICE Release and Check-Ins
ICE release means civil immigration detention ended. It does not decide the immigration case or erase future reporting duties. Keep release paperwork and confirm check-in instructions with ERO.
A person may also leave one ICE facility for another. Movement and community release are different. ODLS status, office confirmation, and paperwork should be read together.
Interpret an ICE No Result
ODLS is a current-detention locator with limited recent-release visibility, not a permanent immigration history. Search first with the nine-digit A-number and country of birth. Add a leading zero when the number has only eight digits. The biographical route requires the exact name as ICE recorded it, date of birth, and country of birth or origin. Small spelling differences can prevent a match.
A recent transfer may not appear immediately. Other reasons for no result include an upload delay, an excluded record, a person under 18, release outside the limited recent window, or an identity mismatch. ICE guidance says people in ICE custody and people held by CBP longer than 48 hours fall within the locator’s general scope. Children cannot be searched. None of these limits should be converted into a claim that the person is free.
Research notes that recently released ICE records can remain visible for about 60 days. That is not a complete archive or a guaranteed retention period for every result. Preserve the date when a status is observed. If exact inputs return nothing, contact the appropriate ERO office through official ICE guidance and provide the identifiers. Release paperwork is the stronger historical source when the online window has passed.
Rio Arriba County falls within the published coverage of the Albuquerque check-in location at 5441 Watson Drive SE, Albuquerque. The researched telephone is (505) 452-4700, with appointment hours Tuesday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. New Mexico is in the El Paso ERO field-office area. Call before visiting because hours and office assignments can change.
Release from ICE civil detention does not resolve the immigration proceeding. A person may have check-ins, immigration-court dates, reporting conditions, or another legal obligation. Transfer between ICE locations also is not release. Read the locator, paperwork, office confirmation, and immigration court information according to the question each source answers.
No official evidence reviewed established an ICE detention center or current ICE contract in Rio Arriba County. ICE belongs on this custody map only as a conditional receiving system. If RACDC records show a transfer to immigration authority, county custody ended but community release did not occur. Ask for the receiving agency in the county record, then move to ODLS and ERO rather than continuing to search a county roster.
Keep the A-number from any release or transfer paperwork because it is more reliable than repeated name searches. Record the exact status wording and observation date. If ERO confirms release, ask which document states the release date and reporting terms. If ERO confirms transfer, obtain the destination before planning contact. The locator may change as data update, so one screenshot or remembered result should not outweigh current official confirmation.
ICE custody is civil, while RACDC and the criminal courts address separate criminal custody and case events. A local dismissal or jail release order does not itself decide immigration detention. Conversely, release by ICE does not close a state criminal case. Keep the court docket, county departure record, ODLS result, ERO confirmation, and immigration paperwork in their proper jurisdictions. When calling ERO, use exact identity data from official paperwork. Ask which authority now holds the record.
Note: ICE release paperwork is stronger historical evidence than an empty locator result after the service’s limited recent-release window closes.