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Veteran Detained By ICE Sues Government
A Seattle man is suing the government for detaining him for months as an undocumented immigrant, even though the man is a U.S. citizen and a veteran. According to the Washington Post:
Army veteran Rennison Castillo claims officials failed to act on his pleas in 2005 to check his military record and Social Security number. It wasn’t until immigration attorneys stepped in that his citizenship was confirmed and he was freed.
Castillo was born in Belize, immigrated to the U.S when he was 7, and became a naturalized citizen in 1998 while serving in the Army.
In countering the suit, government lawyers argued there is no constitutional right to a perfect search of immigration files.
In 2009, The Associated Press documented more than 55 cases in which U.S. citizens were detained by immigration officers during the past decade. Immigration lawyers contend there are hundreds of such cases.
Tags : ice, immigration court, immigration detention, undocumented
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