California, United States.
More of 18,500 immigrants that were detained The Angels (USA) by the Sheriff’s Department of the Province (LASD) receives a economic compensation for a total of 14 million dollars, according to a deal announced Thursday.
For this benefit they can qualify immigrants that were held by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE, in English) between October 2010 and June 2014, the American Union for the Civil Liberties of Southern California (ACLU SoCal).
Let this agreement be a wake-up call for all of the agencies application of the law across the country continuing today lock up persons illegal at the request of ICE sin court order, ”said Jennie Pasquarella, case attorney, senior attorney and director of Immigrant Rights for ACLU SoCal.
The agreement is concluded after a class action lawsuit brought by immigrants against the county The Angels claim they were detained illegal by LASD – sometimes for months – because of requests for “ICE withholding”, also known as immigration deductions and is missing one court order that supports them.
However, if the person has “one pending the removal process or a removal order at the time it was issuedto withhold command, you are not entitled to money under the settlement, ”explains the settlement information.
The people affected by these arrests can receive in between $ 250 and $ 25,000 “to compensate them for rights violations committed by LASD,” depending on the length of time they were detained and other related circumstances.
“What immigrants, we come from different countries and police forces they pretend basic protection will not apply to us, ”claimed Antonia C., who was being detained for 70 days in 2012, “after ser wrongly accused de carjacking “.
Antonia was refused bail because I have a request for detention from ICE, which had an impact seriously in his family.
“These actions don’t just affect people who they were imprisonedThink about your families. I only had 11 years when they divorced me from my mother, ”said Antonia’s daughter, reluctant to mention her name.
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“This agreement holds the sheriff’s department responsible for it thousands of incarcerations illegal and provides a measure of compensation for any person injured because of their unconstitutional policies, ”concluded Lindsay Battles, the case attorney and partner at McLane, Bednarski & Litt.
People who think they are entitled to it economic compensation can contact ACLU SoCal, the law firmwith McLane, Bednarski & Litt, or the Center for Migrant Rights (CDM), which carries out activities to disseminate and identify information potential beneficiaries.
CDM’s attempt to locate it immigrants wants to reach people who currently mainly live in Mexicoor Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and California. EFE