California, United States.
more than 18,500 immigrants who were arrested in Los Angeles (USA) by the Department of the Bailiff county (LASD) will receive one financial compensation for a total of $ 14 million, according to an agreement announced this Thursday.
For this benefit they will be able to qualify immigrants who were arrested by the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) between October 2010 and June 2014, the American Union for Southern California Civil Liberties (ACLU SoCal).
“Let this agreement be a wake – up call for all agencies law enforcement across the country that continue today imprisoning people illegally for requests from ICE sin court, “said Jennie Pasquarella, a lawyer for the case, a senior lawyer and director of Immigrant Rights at ACLU SoCal.
The deal comes after one class action filed by immigrants against the county of Los Angeles alleging that they were arrested illegally by the LASD -sometimes for months- due to requests for “ICE Retention”, also known as immigration withholdings and do not have one court order that support them.
However, if the person “had a pending removal process or a removal order at the time l was issuedto restraining order, he is not entitled to receive money under the agreement, ”the agreement information explains.
People affected by these arrests may receive between $ 250 and $ 25,000 “To compensate them for violations of rights committed by the LASD,” depending on how long they were detained and other related circumstances.
“How immigrants, We come from different countries and police forces act as if the basic protections they did not apply to us, “claimed Antonia C., who was detained for 70 days in 2012, “afterr unjustly accused de car theft “.
Antonia was denied the release on bail because he had one request for arrest of ICE, which reverberated seriously in his family.
“These actions not only affect people who they were imprisoned, Think of your families. I had only 11 years when they separated me from my mother, “said Antonia’s daughter, who preferred not to give her name.
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“This agreement makes the Bailiff ‘s Department responsible for thousands of imprisonments illegal and provides a measure of compensation to each person injured by their unconstitutional policies, ”concluded Lindsay Battles, a lawyer in the case and a partner at McLane, Bednarski & Litt.
People who believe they are entitled to the financial compensation they can contact ACLU SoCal, the law firmwith McLane, Bednarski and Litt, or the Center for Migrant Rights (CDM), which is carrying out activities to disseminate information and identify potential beneficiaries.
CDM’s effort to locate these immigrants seeks to reach people who currently reside primarily in Mexicoor, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and California. EFE