Miami jail sued for flawed and illegal holding of US citizen for deportation to Honduras

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters


Noor Al-Sibai NOOR AL-SIBAI
05 JUL 2017 AT 16:54 ET



Despite his citizenship being proven in court in 2015, 18-year-old Garland Creedle was held in a Miami-Dade jail for a day longer than was required by an arrest based on a faulty deportation request from ICE.

According to the Miami Herald, the ACLU is suing the Miami-Dade jail as well as Miami Mayor Carlos Gimenez because they “unlawfully detained Mr. Creedle against his will and without legal authority.”

Despite being born in Honduras, Creedle was born to a father who held American citizenship — and in 2015, shortly after he arrived in the U.S., a court ruled that he was indeed a citizen because of his father’s citizenship.

Nonetheless, he was the subject of a detention request issued on March 13, a day after he was arrested and posted bail for a domestic violence charge. The request alleged that Creedle was a “removable alien” and required an additional 48 hour stay in jail. After being interviewed by immigration authorities, he was allowed to leave a day later and the “detainer request” was reversed.



Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/miami-jail-sued-for-flawed-and-illegal-holding-of-us-citizen-for-deportation-to-honduras/

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[DFW]

2. Unlawful detention due to stupidity is only one step down from unlawful shooting due to stupidity

It's done by the same guys with the same weaponry, power over others, and penchant for violence against powerless detainees.

Those responsible should be liable for huge civil penalties and immediate removal from their jobs, with an additional permanent injunction against their ever working in law enforcement, security work, or any job where they run the risk of using force against someone, and then trying to justify it using bogus grounds.

[iluvtennis]

3. Excellent...our Resistance needs to get more ACLU eyes ion these illegal and raid and holds.

[IronLionZion]

4. Minorities are perpetual foreigners in our own country

This isn't the first time. There have been cases in Arizona and some southern states where US citizens born in America were held for too long until their families could lawyer up and provide the correct documentation. Not many Americans take their birth certificate with them. I keep a picture of mine on my phone to show the "Where are you from?" idiots.

Now all I need is a colorblind white DUer to tell me this isn't because of race. (Please don't)