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Holzbaur Law
Macclenny and Sanderson hold most of the people ICE detains in Northeast Florida. We are the closest immigration law office that goes there every week.
Holzbaur Law represents people held at both Baker County immigration facilities and the families, in Jacksonville, Orlando, Georgia, and beyond, who are trying to reach them.
Baker County is a rural county on I-10, about 40 minutes west of downtown Jacksonville. It has two separate immigration detention facilities: the Baker County Detention Center, the county jail in Macclenny that has held people for ICE under contract for years, and a much larger state-operated facility at the former Baker Correctional Institution in Sanderson that opened in 2025. Families confuse the two constantly, and so do out-of-town lawyers.
Our office is the nearest immigration firm with a lawyer admitted to the federal district that covers both facilities. Attorney John Holzbaur visits clients in Baker County, appears before the Orlando court that hears their cases, and files habeas corpus petitions in the Jacksonville federal courthouse when detention is unlawful or prolonged. Paralegal Azaharys Amaro coordinates with families in Spanish.
How we help
What to do in the first 72 hours, how to find someone, and how we fight for release.
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How bond is set, how we ask the judge to lower it, and what to do when the court says no.
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Notice to Appear, hearings in Orlando, and the forms of relief that end a case.
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Green cards, citizenship, waivers, and every other immigration matter we handle.
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Practical information
Procedures differ between the two facilities and change often. Call us for the current rules; this is what generally holds.
The ICE Online Detainee Locator lists the facility name. Macclenny and Sanderson are 15 minutes apart with different entrances, visiting schedules, and ID requirements. Showing up at the wrong one wastes a day.
Detained people cannot receive calls. Each facility uses a phone vendor; the family funds an account so the person can call out. Do this on day one. It is often how you learn about a transfer or a hearing date.
People are moved from Baker County to Louisiana, Texas, and other states, sometimes within a week. A notice of appearance from a lawyer in the first days is one of the few things that can slow a transfer and keeps the case in the Orlando court and the Florida federal district.
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Serving Jacksonville, Baker County, and North Florida, including NAS Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport, and the Middle District of Florida.