May 15, 2024
Attorneys for a Tampa-area U.S. citizen mistaken for a Jamaican national and nearly deported told a Florida federal judge Wednesday that the Monroe County sheriff lacked probable cause to arrest the man, arguing that the police agency blindly followed a federal immigration detainer without checking its accuracy.
December 04, 2018
A U.S. citizen was mistaken for an unauthorized immigrant and held in jail by a Florida sheriff's office past his release date for a probation violation to comply with an immigration detainer issued against him by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court alleges.