Bluebonnet Detention Facility

If you need information about a detainee that is housed at this facility, you may call (325) 823-8031 between the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. When you call, please have the individual’s biographical information ready, including first, last and hyphenated names, any aliases he or she may use, date of birth and country of birth.

Detainees cannot receive incoming calls. If you need to get in touch with a detainee to leave an urgent message, you must call (325) 823-8031 and leave the detainee’s full name, alien registration number and your name and telephone number where you can be reached. The detainee will be given your message.

This facility has ICE tablets. You access information on how to send a non-confidential message at: Help Center - GettingOut.

Immigration Court

For information about a matter before the immigration court, you may call 1-800-898-7180 to speak with them directly. Applications for relief from removal and other applications requested by the immigration judge must be filed directly with the immigration court.

Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)

For information about a matter before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), you may call (703) 605-1007 where you can obtain automated information or speak with a live representative during office hours.

Click the link for a list of pro bono representatives nationwide who might be able to assist you.

To Post a Departure or Delivery Bond

These bonds are posted when a person has been placed into removal proceedings while in the United States.

Post a Bond

Sending Non-Confidential Messages to Detained Aliens

This facility has tablets. You can access information on how to send a non-confidential message at: https://www.gettingout.com/.

Other Legal Access Related Communications

Requests for case information pertaining to aliens detained at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility be sent to Dallas.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov. Please note that this mailbox does not accept applications for Stay of Removal or Case Appeals.

Contacting the Deportation Officer

To ascertain the identity of your client’s Deportation Officer, contact the Bluebonnet Detention Center to obtain that information at (325) 823-8031. Please note that a G-28 must be on file for any information to be disclosed.

Submitting a G-28

G-28s filed on behalf of detained aliens at this facility can now be accepted through the online platform ERO eFile. Facility staff will not have access to ERO eFile at this time; legal representatives should download copies of their submitted G-28 for any in-person or remote legal visit.

Friends and Family Visits

FEMALES: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
Lows: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Quarantine Lows: 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Highs: 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Quarantine Highs: 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.

MALES: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
RHU: 8 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Highs: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Quarantine Highs: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Lows: 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Quarantine Lows: 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Visitation only for one (1) hour, unless additional time is pre-approved by the Warden using the Detainee Request Form on the tablets.

Facility Operational Status:

• GREEN - 2 adults and 2 children may visit.
• RED - All visitors are required to wear a well-fitting mask.

Attorney Visits

Legal representatives (attorneys and/or paralegals) of detainees are authorized to visit their clients:

24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays

Contact the facility’s Classification Department for assistance scheduling attorney visits.

A list of pro bono (free) legal organizations will be posted in all detainee housing units and other appropriate areas. If a detainee wishes to see a representative or paralegal from that organization, it is the detainee’s responsibility to contact them for an appointment.

Video Teleconferencing (VTC) | Virtual Attorney Visitation (VAV)

Legal representatives may request video teleconference (VTC) meetings or confidential legal phone calls with their clients or prospective clients by emailing BDC.Classification@mtctrains.com. MTC staff will email back with a confirmed date and time. Please see the Bluebonnet Detention Facility Virtual Attorney Visitation flyer for details.

The email should include:

• Legal representative’s full name
• Legal representative’s contact information, including phone number(s), and email address
• Detainee’s name
• Detainee’s alien number
• A few proposed times/dates for the requested VTC session
• A scan of the legal representative’s government issued identification
• A scan of the legal representative’s identification or documentation reflecting their status as an active legal representative, such as a state bar card, attorney license, paralegal license, or similar legal status.
• A scan of the attorney’s DHS Form G-28 (unless this is a pre-representational)
• If a legal assistant is the only legal representative to join the call, the email should also attach a letter of authorization on the firm’s/organization’s letterhead and a scan of the assistant’s identification.

Legal representatives may also schedule VTC meetings or calls by dialing 325-823-8031 (ask for the Classification Office) to schedule a virtual legal visit.

All appointments for VTC meetings or phone calls should be made 24 hours prior to the desired appointment time. Appointments are scheduled between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and are in 30 to 60-minute increments. Legal representatives are not limited on the number of VTC appointments they can request, but no legal representative is permitted more than one 60-minute appointment with a detainee in a single day.

The same guidelines for in-person attorney/client visits will apply to VTC meetings and legal calls. Only legal representatives, legal assistants, and interpreters will be allowed; no family or friends of the clients are permitted. The attorney and/or his/her agents may contact outside interpretation services during the call or session. The sessions will be confidential; a visitation officer will be stationed outside of the confidential room to ensure security by standing out of earshot but within eyeshot. The officer will knock 5 minutes before the cut off time.

Bluebonnet Detention Facility utilizes Socrates 360 to facilitate virtual legal visits and the electronic exchange of legal documents (to include the capability to sign documents). Please refer to the Socrates 360 user guide for Legal Representatives for more information on the processes for conducting virtual legal visits and exchanging legal documents electronically.

Consular Visits

Consular officials may meet with their detained nationals at any time. It is requested that prior arrangements be made with the ICE Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer to the extent possible, and that consular officials bring appropriate credentials when they come to the facility.

Clergy Visits

Clergy may visit detainees at any time, but must make prior arrangements with the Chaplain’s Office.

Visiting Restrictions

• Adult visitors must present a valid, verifiable government-issued identification card to enter the facility.
• Minors who are visiting the facility must be accompanied by an adult guardian (18 years or older). Minors must not be left unaccompanied in the waiting room, visiting room or any other area.
• All family or other social visits are non-contact.
• No firearms or weapons of any kind are permitted in the facility.
• If visitors are or appear to be intoxicated, visitation will not be allowed.
• Visitors are not allowed to pass or attempt to pass any items to detainees.
• Visitors are not allowed to carry any items into the visitation area.

Search Procedures (prior to or during all visitations)

All individuals requesting admittance to the facility or the visitation area are subject to a pat-down search of their person, items screened through the X-ray machine, an inspection of their belongings, and pass through the metal detector. Individuals refusing to cooperate with a reasonable search will not be admitted. No electronic devices (cell phones, pagers, radios, etc.) are permitted.

Letters sent to detainees must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-Number (Alien Number), plus the sender’s name and address. To enhance the safety of the facility, all incoming mail is subject to screening for contraband. The mail is not read upon opening, only inspected by the delivering officer. Detainees may send mail from the facility. Detainees may seal their outgoing letters and place them in the provided receptacle. All incoming mail will be delivered to the detainee, and outgoing mail will be routed to the proper postal office within 24 hours of receipt by facility staff. A mail pick-up and delivery schedule is posted in all housing units.

Detainees are allowed to purchase stamps for use. Generally, there is no limit to the amount of correspondence detainees may send at their own expense. Indigent detainees (those who have no means of financial support and no funds in their facility account) will be provided postage allowance at government expense.

When detainees depart the facility or are transferred to another facility, only their legal mail will be forwarded to them. General correspondence will be endorsed "Return to Sender" and returned to the post office.

If detainees receive funds in the mail, they will be taken to the processing area for the money to be placed into their account. The processing officer will provide a receipt for all funds received. Detainees are cautioned not to have cash sent to them in the mail.

A detainee may receive items that are determined to be of necessity for the sole purpose of travel or release from agency custody with approval of the ICE Deportation Officer. Before sending packages to detainees, contact the ICE Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer at the facility at:

Bluebonnet Detention Center
P.O. Box 592
Anson, TX 79501
Telephone: 1 (325) 823-8031

Note that detainees being removed from the United States are allowed one small piece of luggage. If a detainee does not already have baggage, one 40 lb bag can be sent/delivered to him/her after receiving approval from Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer. Please be advised that for security reasons, no electronic devices (cell phones, electric razors, laptop computers, radios, etc.) will be accepted.

The facility has a responsibility to protect the privacy and other rights of detainees and members of the staff. Therefore, interviews will be regulated to ensure the orderly and safe operation of the facility. Ordinarily, live television or radio interviews will not be permitted in the facility. For media inquiries about ICE activities, operations, or policies, contact the ICE Office of Public Affairs at ICEMedia@ice.dhs.gov.

Personal Interviews

A news media representative who desires to conduct an interview with a detainee must apply in writing to the Dallas Field Office, Enforcement and Removal Operations, indicating familiarity with an agreement to comply with the rules and regulations of the facility as provided to that person by staff.

Detainee Consent

A detainee has the right not to be interviewed, photographed, or recorded by the media. Before interviewing, photographing, or recording the voice of a detainee, a visiting representative of the media must obtain written permission from that individual.

All FOIA and Privacy Act requests must be submitted on form G-639 (Freedom of Information / Privacy Act Request) or in letter format. All requests must contain the original, notarized signature of the subject in question. Please complete the form G-639 thoroughly and if writing a letter, be sure to include the full name, any other names used, date of birth, place of birth, A-number of the alien you are seeking information about, as well as your full name, address, and telephone number, so that we may contact you if we have any questions. Mail your FOIA or Privacy Act request to: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Freedom of Information Act Office 800 North Capitol Street, NW, Room 585 Washington, D.C. 20536 Phone – 1-866-633-1182 Email – ICE-FOIA@dhs.gov

We strive to provide quality service to people in our custody, their family, friends, and to their official representatives. If you believe that we have not lived up to this commitment, we would like to know. If we have met or exceeded your expectations, please let us know that as well. To comment on the services provided at this office, please write to:

Assistant Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
8101 North Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75247
(972) 367-2200

If you feel that an ICE employee or contract services employee mistreated you and wish to make a complaint of misconduct, you may:

Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
8101 North Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75247
(972) 367-2200

Write the Office of Professional Responsibility:

Director, Office of Professional Responsibility
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
500 12th Street, SW
Suite 1049
Mailstop 5099
Washington, DC 20536-5005

Contact the ICE OPR Integrity Coordination Center (ICC):

1-833-4ICE-OPR
ICEOPRIntake@ice.dhs.gov

You may also contact the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General:

DHS Office of Inspector General/MAIL STOP 0305
Attn: Office of Investigations - Hotline
245 Murray Lane SW
Washington, DC 20528-0305
Call: 1-800-323-8603
Fax: 202-254-4297