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CIRSC(Committee for Immigrant Rights, Sonoma County) brings together churches, synagogues, mosques and civic organizations striving to ensure that every person in our community be treated with respect and dignity necessary to honor our human and civil rights.
Federal Lawsuit Asserts Sheriff’s Department Exceeded Authority in Immigration-Related Arrests
SAN FRANCISCO—For the past three years, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department has collaborated with the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its officers to stop and search people who appear to be Latino, interrogate them about their immigration status based on their perceived race, and detain them in the County jail without lawful authority. The Sheriff’s Department and ICE have failed to notify individuals who they have targeted of their rights under the law and the charges against them, among other violations of the constitutional right to due process.
The ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC) filed a lawsuit today in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on behalf of three individuals who were unlawfully detained, as well as on behalf of the Committee for Immigrants’ Rights of Sonoma County, a local community organization. Read More | Read the ACLU complaints
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