U.S. citizens and legal residents sue over aggressive immigration raid at Idaho horse racing track
About 75 Hispanic workers were deported after a federal raid on an unlicensed racetrack, causing labor shortages that threaten local farms and community stability, lawyers said.
- Three Idaho families who are U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents are suing state and federal law enforcement agencies for detaining them during an aggressive immigration raid at a rural horse racing track.
- An Alabama construction worker and U.S. citizen who was detained twice by immigration agents filed a lawsuit last year demanding an end to Trump administration workplace raids targeting immigrant workforces.
- During the raid at the Idaho race track, militarized officers pointed guns at frightened families, broke car windows with children inside, threw compliant people to the ground, and shot rubber bullets over teenagers' heads, the ACLU wrote.
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U.S. citizens sue over immigration raid
BOISE, Idaho — Three Idaho families who are U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents sued after they and hundreds of others were detained for hours during an aggressive immigration raid at a rural horse racing track last year.
Lawsuit following Wilder ICE raid filed against federal, local officials
A potential class-action lawsuit has emerged from some of the 400 individuals detained at a Wilder horse racing track in October, with plaintiffs arguing that the operation was an overreach of power that utilized racial profiling.
In southwest Idaho FBI raid, officials zip-tied teens and used aggressive force, lawsuit alleges
There were 105 immigration arrests in October at a horse racetrack in Wilder, Idaho. Idaho saw one of the country’s largest increases in immigration arrests this year through mid-October compared with the same period in the Biden administration. (Photo courtesy of ACLU of Idaho)Editor’s note: This story was updated at 4:30 p.m. with additional details from the lawsuit and a news conference with ACLU officials. Months after U.S. Immigration and …
U.S. citizens and legal residents sue over aggressive immigration raid at Idaho horse racing track
Three Idaho families are suing over an immigration raid at a horse racing track last year. They claim state and federal law enforcement used unconstitutional tactics, detaining people because they appeared to be Latino and keeping them in zip ties for hours.
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