From Mother Jones · Alex Nguyen · · 1m
ICE Sued Over Document Retention
Seven detained individuals sue ICE for withholding work permits and property after release.
In brief
Seven detained individuals sue ICE for withholding work permits and property after release. Seven people detained by ICE sued for ICE refusing to return their work authorization documents and personal items after release. Originally reported by Mother Jones.
Seven detained individuals sue ICE
Seven people detained previously by ice filed a lawsuit against the agency for illegally refusing to return their personal documents and belongings after release.
Items withheld include work permits
Items allegedly withheld include social security cards, employment authorization documents, and phones, violating the fourth amendment and ice’s own confiscation directive.
Plaintiff loses job due to documents
One plaintiff from russia with a pending asylum case stated he was unable to get meaningful employment without his work authorization documents and has lost his job.
“Now, i’m struggling to provide for my family because ice still has my documents that show i am authorized to work”
ICE practice of document retention
The lawsuit follows reports that ice throws people’s documents into a black box and loses them, preventing immigrants from keeping jobs and fearing home departure.
What to remember
Seven people detained by ICE sued for ICE refusing to return their work authorization documents and personal items after release.
