US EditionColorado ACLU, migrant advocates sue Trump admin over ICE arrests
The lawsuit alleges ICE ignored legal requirements to assess flight risk before warrantless arrests, impacting multiple immigrants and challenging enforcement policies from the Trump era.
- A federal lawsuit was filed Thursday by civil rights advocates and local lawyers in Colorado, contesting the methods used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to arrest individuals in the state.
- The suit claims a surge in warrantless and indiscriminate ICE arrests violates laws requiring probable cause and flight risk assessments, citing Trump administration policies and alleged quotas.
- Plaintiffs include four Colorado residents—such as University of Utah student Caroline Dias Goncalves and lawful resident Refugio Ramirez Ovando—who say they were detained based on appearance, accent, or associations.
- ICE arrest records indicate that from January 20 to June 26 this year, the number of arrests increased fourfold, with the majority of those detained lacking criminal convictions. Officials, as noted by Lyons, stated that their enforcement targets anyone present in the U.S. without legal status, though there is a stated focus on individuals with serious criminal histories.
- The lawsuit seeks class-action status, calls for an end to alleged unlawful arrests, and contends that fear and disruption have increased among Colorado's 169,000 undocumented immigrants and their families.
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Colorado ACLU Lawsuit Accuses ICE of Profiling Arrests
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado filed a federal lawsuit Thursday accusing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents of violating U.S. law by detaining people based on their skin color, accent, or perceived nationality to fulfill alleged arrest quotas set by Trump administration officials. Filed in U.S. District Court in Colorado, the lawsuit names Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem; acting ICE Director Todd Lyons; and Robert…
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Colorado lawsuit challenges legal basis of many ICE arrests of immigrants this year
The much-publicized detention of a University of Utah student by immigration authorities in western Colorado in June was part of a wave of allegedly warrantless and illegal arrests of immigrants across the state this year, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court. The suit, the latest local challenge to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, asks a Denver-based federal judge to bar U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcemen…
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