U.S. to pay immigrants $350K to settle immigration raid lawsuit
The government has decided to settle with a group of 11 immigrants whose homes were raided in New Haven in 2007. (Flickr, lito)
By JUAN GASTELUM
Channel: Immigration
In what is reportedly the biggest settlement of its kind, the government on Tuesday agreed to pay $350,000 in a civil lawsuit filed by 11 Latino immigrants that were involved in a series of immigration raids in New Haven, Conn., in 2007.
The lawsuit claimed that federal officers violated the immigrants’ constitutional rights of the immigrants when they entered their homes, armed and without warrants. It claimed officers did not ask about the men’s immigration status, explain why they were being detained, or inform them of their rights.
According to a statement from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the settlement was not an admission of wrongdoing but a compromise intended to avoid additional expenses. The government has also agreed not to deport the men.
Read more at The New York Times.
