Adelanto ICE Processing Center

Where the facility is

Adelanto runs as two adjacent buildings on the same road, and ICE lists them separately. Which one a person is in affects visiting, not the bond.

• Adelanto East: 10400 Rancho Road, Adelanto, CA 92301
• Adelanto West: 10250 Rancho Road, Adelanto, CA 92301
• Facility phone: (760) 561-6100
• ICE field office responsible: Los Angeles

The facility is operated by a private contractor under an ICE contract. People are moved in and out of Adelanto from other states regularly, so the fact that someone was here last week does not mean they are here today.

How do I find out if someone is held at Adelanto?

Start with the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, which covers immigration custody nationally rather than one facility. You need the person's A-number and country of birth, or their full name, country of birth, and date of birth. You can also call the facility at (760) 561-6100, which ICE lists as staffed from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., seven days a week including holidays. Have the person's full name, any aliases, date of birth, and country of birth ready before you call.

Two things catch families out. People under 18 do not appear in the locator at all, and anyone released more than 60 days ago drops out of it. If the search comes back empty, that is common in the first day or two after a pickup and it does not mean something has gone wrong. Give us the name and we will keep checking across all three custody systems.

How do I get a message to someone inside?

People held at Adelanto cannot receive incoming calls. To get an urgent message to someone, call (760) 561-6100 and leave the person's full name, their A-number, and a phone number where you can be reached. The message is passed on.

The facility also has tablets for non-confidential messages, run by an outside company reachable at (866) 516-0115. Licensed attorneys and accredited representatives schedule confidential legal calls on a separate line, (760) 561-6208, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Can I post an immigration bond at the Adelanto facility?

No. You cannot post a bond at the detention facility itself. Since April 2023 ICE processes bond payments through CeBONDS, its online system, and payment is made by Fedwire or ACH bank transfer. Paying in person at an ICE office is now treated as a case-by-case exception rather than the normal route, and it still requires access to banking services.

This is worth saying plainly because a lot of pages online still describe driving to a federal building in downtown Los Angeles with a cashier's check. That was the old process. If you are reading instructions that mention money orders at a counter, they are out of date.

What are the bond posting hours for Adelanto?

ICE posts bonds Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding federal holidays, in the time zone where the person is detained. Adelanto is in the Pacific time zone, so those are Pacific hours. A request that arrives after hours is processed the next business day.

In practice this means a bond started late on a Friday afternoon is a Monday matter. It is the single most common reason a family expecting a same-day release does not get one.

Who is allowed to post an immigration bond?

ICE allows U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, law firms, and non-profit organizations to post a delivery bond, and each has to prove who they are with specific documents. A person without immigration status cannot post a delivery bond for someone else. This is the point where families most often get stuck, and it is one of the reasons bond companies exist.

If you are a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident, ICE will want to see something from this list.

If nobody in the family can meet that requirement, call us. Working the bond through a licensed agent is exactly the situation this exists for.

How long after the bond is posted will they be released?

We will not give you a number, and you should be careful with anyone who does. ICE says bond verification usually takes about one to two hours during posting hours, and that people are typically released by the end of the day after the bond is approved and the Form I-352 bond contract is signed. The facility controls the actual release, and its timing depends on staffing and on the individual case.

Adelanto is in the desert, roughly an hour and a half from Los Angeles in ordinary traffic. Plan the drive, and do not plan it around an exact hour nobody has promised you.

What if no bond has been set?

ICE, DHS, or an immigration judge decides whether a person is eligible for bond and what the amount is. We do not, and neither does anyone else you might call. If no bond has been set, or the person is being held without bond, that is a legal question rather than a bonding one. Speak with a licensed immigration attorney. Tell us and we will connect you with licensed attorneys in the area.

Visiting someone at Adelanto

ICE lists a maximum of three visitors, up to three times a week, with a one hour limit per visit. Visitors need government-issued identification, and anyone under 18 has to come with an adult.

Visiting times are set per housing unit and ICE states they can change without notice, so we are deliberately not reprinting the timetable here. Check the official ICE page for Adelanto the day before you travel, or call the facility.

Facility details on this page were checked against ICE's official page for Adelanto on 30 July 2026. Detention details change without notice. Where this page and ICE disagree, ICE is right, and we would be glad to hear about it.