California, United States.
More from 18,500 immigrants what was detained in Los angeles (EEUU) by the Department of Alguacil del Condado (LASD, in English) recibirán una Economic compensation for a total of 14 million dollars, following an agreement announced is jueves.
For this benefit you can qualify immigrants what fueron detained by the Immigration and Control Service of Aduanas (ICE, in English) between October 2010 and June 2014, informed in a communiqué the American Union by the Civil Liberties of the Southern California (ACLU SoCal).
“Let’s say that this is an acknowledgment given to all the agencies of application of the ley in all the countries that are continually encarcelando people illegally for solicitudes de ICE sin judicial order “, said Jennie Pasquarella, case officer, senior lawyer and director of ACLU SoCal Immigrant Rights.
The agreement surge luego de una collective demand interpuesta por immigrant against the condition of Los angeles as alega que fueron detenidos illegally by the LASD -a veces duran meses- debido a solicitudes de “ICE retention”, also known as immigration retention and care of a order in court what they support.
Geen hindernis, si la persona “tenía un Pending remittance process an order of remembrance at the moment in which the issue is la retention order, do not have the right to receive money in return for the agreement “, explains the information about the agreement.
The people affected by these detentions can receive between 250 and 25 000 dollars “to compensate for violations of future liabilities by the LASD”, depending on the time that estuvienon retains and other related circumstances.
“Como immigrant, we come from different lands and lands police corps actuan como si las Basic protections does not apply to us “, complains Antonia C., who was detained during 70 days of 2012, “luego de ser acusada injustamente de car robo “.
Antonia is the girl libertad bajo fianza debit to what one has detention request of ICE, what repercussion gravity in his family.
“Estas is not a solo Afrikaans or a person fueron encarceladas, piensen and his families. I have only solo 11 years old when I separate my mother “, declared Antonia’s henna, which prefix does not give its name.
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“This agreement is the responsibility of the Department of Alguacil for mileage collection illegal and proposes a means of compensation to each person injured by its unconstitutional policies “, concluded Lindsay Battles, representing McLane, Bednarski & Litt in the case and society.
People who think they have the right to Economic compensation can contact ACLU SoCal, the lawyer’s offices McLane, Bednarski & Litt, or the Center for Migrant Rights (CDM), which is carrying out activities to disseminate information and identify possible benefits.
The CDM effort to locate these immigrant Search for people who currently live mainly in Mexicoo, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and California. EFE