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triron

(22,001 posts) Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:37 AM Jul 2019

Natasha Bertrand: Dallas born U.S. citizen has been detained by ICE for 3 weeks.

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Natasha Bertrand: Dallas born U.S. citizen has been detained by ICE for 3 weeks. (Original Post) triron Jul 2019 OP

ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days dalton99a Jul 2019 #1

can he sue for wrongful imprisonment? NewJeffCT Jul 2019 #2

He'd better do it quick dalton99a Jul 2019 #3

They say he has to prove his citizenship but then they show no interest in looking at it gtar100 Jul 2019 #4

dalton99a

(81,472 posts)

1. ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days

Reply to triron (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:41 AM

Jul 2019

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-citizens-ice-20180427-htmlstory.html
Must Reads: ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days. He’s not the only one who had to prove his citizenship

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

2. can he sue for wrongful imprisonment?

Reply to triron (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:49 AM

Jul 2019

maybe directly sue Trump and Miller?

dalton99a

(81,472 posts)

3. He'd better do it quick

Reply to NewJeffCT (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:52 AM

Jul 2019

There is a two-year statute of limitations

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/01/540903038/u-s-citizen-held-by-immigration-for-3-years-denied-compensation-by-appeals-court
U.S. Citizen Who Was Held By ICE For 3 Years Denied Compensation By Appeals Court

gtar100

(4,192 posts)

4. They say he has to prove his citizenship but then they show no interest in looking at it

Reply to triron (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:53 AM

Jul 2019

when it's presented to them. If we locked up the jailers and set all the detainees free, we would see a marked improvement in living standards, so it seems to me. ICE is being used to act out on foolish, dangerous prejudices.

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