According to Elizabeth Nguyen, who coordinates immigration bonds for the National Bail Fund Network, the Trump Administration has weaponized immigration bonds to make it harder for immigrants to fight their cases and remain in the United States. That number represents a roughly 80 percent increase in the population held in immigration detention since President Joe Biden left office in 2025. Last year, Santana says, the fund paid 176 immigration bonds. Since 2018, BIJAN has been paying immigration bonds to free people from ICE facilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as those jailed elsewhere who will return home to Massachusetts after release. [Or] maybe there’s not an immigration bond fund in your area, but there’s a pretrial bail fund.