$145,000 Settlement for U.S. Citizen Held on Immigration Detainer due to Racial Profiling

Loaded on Jan. 10, 2015 published in Prison Legal News January, 2015, page 45

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Wrongful Imprisonment, Immigration, False Arrest. Location: Pennsylvania.

$145,000 Settlement for U.S. Citizen Held on Immigration Detainer due to Racial Profiling

An American citizen who was racially profiled and held in jail on an immigration detainer has reached settlements totaling $145,000 with three government agencies in a civil rights lawsuit.

Ernesto Galarza was arrested in Allentown, Pennsylvania with ...

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