Gonzalez v. ICE is a class action lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) for placing immigration detainers (or “ICE holds”) on people in jail and extending the length of their detention in jail in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
Were you detained by the LA County Sheriff's Department with an ICE hold between October 2010 and June 2014?
If so, you maybe a class member and may ultimately be entitled to money compensation for unlawful detention.
Please sign up ASAP so that we can determine if you are a class member and ensure you are notified if you are owed money from the Sheriff's Department.
Case Developments
The court's final judgement upholds a permanent injunction barring ICE from relying on a database of inaccurate, incomplete records to issue detainers and gives ICE three months to comply. Read the final judgment.
This case was consolidated with Roy v. County of Los Angeles. The court ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) unlawfully detained thousands of suspected immigrants on the basis of unconstitutional requests from ICE known as immigration detainers. This decision entitles class members to injunctive relief and monetary damages. Read the order.
ACLU SoCal filed a complaint against the government challenging ICE's practice of issuing immigration holds of individuals in the custody of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies (“LEA”) without probable cause. Read the complaint.
