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Posted on 11/12/2025 7:14:13 AM PST by Twotone
A federal judge has ordered Long Island's Suffolk County, NY, to pay $112 million in damages after hundreds of illegal immigrants were detained by local authorities on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The ruling determined that both the county and the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office violated the constitutional rights of 674 individuals who were kept in county jails in 2017 even after posting bail or resolving their criminal cases.
“This decision brings long-overdue accountability,” said Jose Perez, Deputy General Counsel at LatinoJustice PRLDEF, which represented the plaintiffs. “The jury confirmed what we have argued all along, that Suffolk County’s actions trampled the basic due process rights guaranteed under the 14th Amendment.”
The case began when a 34-year-old Long Island resident, originally from Guatemala, filed a complaint after being held in a Suffolk County jail beyond his scheduled release date. The lawsuit alleged that he was detained “for ICE’s administrative convenience” rather than any lawful basis, reports PIX11.
According to court filings, the man was arrested in April 2017 in Central Islip. Although his cousin paid a $1,000 bail to secure his release, he was never told the bail had been processed and was instead transferred first to ICE’s Varick Street Detention Center in Manhattan, then later to Bergen County Jail in New Jersey.
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Liberals suing themselves?
Isn’t there a law that prevents a person from profiting when breaking the laws?
Seems to me that is the case for any illegal immigrant.
What happens if the county consents? Can the Feds appeal? Can the citizens appeal? Do they have standing?
Illegal alien invaders have no rights under the U.S. Constitution.
Constitutional rights? Say what?
It would seem to me that the county would appeal to the federal level. I doubt the Supreme Court would say you can suffer financially for enforcing federal law.
The first sentence says a federal judge ruled on it
Already at federal level
Sodom and Gomorrah.
Start with tuition for the schoolkids for every year they've been in school. Apportion the costs of police, fire, and public works.
The number would be in the billions.
A judge orders his fellow citizens to pay up. Sort of like “taxation without representation”. Our Founders would be reaching for their muskets
Suffolk county is red.
If they are in fact aliens here illegally, the only ‘right’ they have is to a speedy deportation.
Comment unspoken.
Seriously, what are the Constitutional rights of illegals? I thought the Constitution protected the rights of its citizens, not people who broke the law getting here.
But local authorities also detained them on behalf of ICE. And this is supposedly a violation of their constitutional rights.
And a jury (of their peers I presume) awarded them each a six-figure payout funded by tax payers.
I hope this is appealed and overturned.
America has the most powerful military in the world, but we are not doing so well fighting the enemy within.
Wow, this is really f’d. lunacy.
As someone put it before, the constitution is not a suicide pact.
The Constitution does not make common sense illegal.
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