Immigration Detainers
Roy, et al. v. Los Angeles County
In October 2012, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Southern California, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Immigrants Rights Project, and other partners filed a major class-action lawsuit against Los Angeles County and Sheriff Lee Baca, challenging their practice of detaining people and denying them bail based solely on immigration detainers.
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Quezada v. Mink
In April 2010, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Colorado and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Immigrants' Rights Project filed a lawsuit in a Denver federal court against the sheriff of Jefferson County in Colorado arguing that he illegally imprisoned a Colorado resident for 47 days with no charges pending against him simply because federal immigration officers suspected that the man was in the country in violation of federal immigration laws.
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Sep 2012
Immigration Detainers
Quezada v. Mink
In April 2010, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Colorado and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Immigrants' Rights Project filed a lawsuit in a Denver federal court against the sheriff of Jefferson County in Colorado arguing that he illegally imprisoned a Colorado resident for 47 days with no charges pending against him simply because federal immigration officers suspected that the man was in the country in violation of federal immigration laws.