U.S. Citizen Detained Over Immigration Suspicions Suing Jail in Federal Court
Taking his case to an appeals court after a federal judge ruled a jail that detains suspected illegal immigrants is just following procedures
A Pennsylvania man who reached a $50,000 settlement in a civil rights lawsuit after local police detained him and reported him over to immigration officials even though he is a native U.S. citizen is not feeling completely triumphant over the court's handling of the matter, according to The Morning Call newspaper.
Ernesto Galarza successfully fought his 2008 three-day detention on grounds that he was reported to Immigration and Customs Enforcement because he was profiled – suspected of being undocumented by local police because he is Latino, the publication reported.
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