A Michigan city will pay $190,000 to settle to a war veteran who was wrongfully detained by federal immigration officials.
In Pima County, Arizona, the largest county that lines the U.S.-Mexico border, Sheriff Mark Napier shows how they deal with what he calls “a major drug trafficking and human trafficking corridor.”
Grand Rapids will pay a $190,000 settlement to a Latino American war veteran who was wrongfully detained by federalThe City Commission unanimously approved the payment to Jilmar Ramos-Gomez on Tuesday to resolve a Michigan Department of Civil Rights complaint. Customs Enforcement held Ramos-Gomez for three days last December before releasing the Michigan-born U.S. citizen. Police Capt. Curtis VanderKooi served a 20-hour, unpaid suspension for violating department policy after he alerted the federal agency about Ramos-Gomez' arrest at a hospital.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center filed the complaint on Ramos-Gomez’s behalf in April, saying VanderKooi discriminated against him based on his race, violating the state’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act.
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