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Center for Social Justice Adds New
Permanent Resident Family to ICE Raids Lawsuit
Two lawful permanent residents and their U.S.-citizen son,
age 9, joined a statewide lawsuit filed by the Center for Social
Justice, challenging the federal government's practice of
unlawfully raiding immigrants' homes, after federal Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) agents forced their way into the
family’s home last month. Once inside the home, the agents
terrified the son by pointing a gun at him and threatening to
take him from his family. The Center for Social Justice is
seeking damages and injunctive relief on the family's behalf.
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Center for Social Justice Sues Government over Immigration
Home Raids in New Jersey
Seton Hall Law School’s
Center for Social Justice and Lowenstein Sandler, PC, filed suit
on April 3, 2008 in federal court, alleging that federal law
enforcement officials violated ten victims’ constitutional
privacy and due process rights under the Fourth and Fifth
Amendments by entering their homes without consent or a judicial
warrant during pre-dawn "raids." The plaintiffs include two U.S.
citizens, a permanent resident, and a lawful protection-status
grantee.
Summary of
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