Posted on 11/26/2010 3:54:21 PM PST by moonshinner_09
A Latino man who was detained in a controversial 2007 law enforcement raid that swept up illegal immigrants at a 7-Eleven parking lot in Upper Fells Point is suing federal authorities, alleging he was mistreated and arrested without cause.
The suit was filed on behalf of just one person — 32-year-old Denis Alvarez of Southeast Baltimore — but an attorney with an immigrant advocacy group that crafted the suit said it is meant as an indictment against the raid in which two dozen men were arrested. The suit seeks a half-million dollars in damages.
The January raid at the store on Broadway angered and frightened Baltimore's Latino community, and members of Casa de Maryland accused federal immigration agents of racial profiling. A subsequent newspaper article reported that the raid's location and timing were designed to boost arrest stats for the Baltimore field office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In an interview in Spanish from his Baltimore home on Friday, Alvarez hesitated about discussing specifics of the incident or his case. "The truth is that they grabbed me unjustly," he said, adding, "Whatever happens, happens. The rest, God only can tell."
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
This sums it up somebody looking to make fast money, most likely illegal
Repatriate from 30,000’!
Has that slimebag ‘attorney’ been disbarred yet? I surely hope so.
...an attorney with an immigrant advocacy group that crafted the suit said it is meant as an indictment against the raid in which two dozen men were arrested. The suit seeks a half-million dollars in damages.Thanks moonshinner_09.
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