Maine ACLU Says Immigrants Are Seeking More than $5M From Feds over Arrests, Detentions
The claims accuse agents of excessive force and false imprisonment after a mistaken raid that led to three people being taken into custody.
- On Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont filed federal claims against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging excessive force and false imprisonment during a March 11 raid in South Burlington.
- ICE agents seeking a different target broke down the home's door with a battering ram, ultimately detaining two residents who were not named in the warrant they were executing.
- Jose Estrada Jerez reported being handcuffed and bruised by agents, while Jisella Johana Patin Patin alleged unlawful imprisonment; both filed administrative claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act seeking financial damages.
- The ACLU has filed 54 legal claims across 17 states in recent months as part of a coordinated campaign targeting federal immigration enforcement misconduct nationwide.
- Before formal litigation against the Department of Justice and ICE can proceed, the government has six months to respond to the administrative claims, a mandatory procedural step under federal law.
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Maine ACLU says immigrants are seeking more than $5M from feds over arrests, detentions
Lawyers filed administrative claims to the Department of Justice, ICE and Border Patrol on behalf of 5 Maine immigrants who say the government violated their rights.
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