In the latest of several lawsuits filed by illegal immigrants against U.S. law enforcement agencies, a Mexican woman claims that an Arizona sheriff's department mistreated her during a workplace raid that led to the arrest of dozens of undocumented workers.
For three years Celia Alvarez used a fake identity to work at a Phoenix landscaping company that was raided last fall by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department. Alvarez, who has four U.S.-born anchor babies, was among the 60 illegal immigrants arrested in the operation.
In a federal complaint she accuses Maricopa Sheriff's deputies of negligence and mistreatment for arresting and interrogating her. Alvarez also claims that deputies violently struck her and denied her medical care for several weeks during her two-month detention. She is seeking damages for illegal search and seizure as well as assault.
The arrest also traumatized her children, Alvarez says, especially her youngest because he was still breastfeeding at the time and his mother was not available to properly nourish him. She asserts that the incident has marked her for a lifetime and hurt her kids, who as U.S.-born citizens collect public assistance.
The struggling, unemployed illegal immigrant with four young children assures she's not interested in the money she "could get out of this," but rather in denouncing the "abuse, cruelty and inhumanity" of how she was treated by the local sheriff, which she worries will "go after more people."
This seems to be part of a growing trend among illegal immigrants and their advocate pro bono attorneys to sue law enforcement officials for doing their job and local governments for enforcing their measures. In the last few months alone legal action has been taken against an Ohio sheriff deputy who helped deport a Mexican with false identification cards, a Maryland officer who arrested an illegal Salvadoran woman and federal agents who apprehended a group of illegal aliens in a Connecticut immigration raid.
A few weeks ago a group of undocumented day laborers sued a southern California city (Costa Mesa) for banning them from seeking work on public streets. The lawsuit actually stems from the arrest by local police of a dozen illegal alien day laborers who violated the city's anti-solicitation ordinance.
On a positive note, a Rhode Island state trooper sued for racial profiling after detaining a group of illegal aliens during a traffic stop was recently exonerated by a federal appeals court that determined the officer acted appropriately.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/feb/another-illegal-alien-sues-over-arrest
Mr. Magoo
I have no sympathy for illegal aliens. I have even less sympathy for the lawyers who would bring such a suit. I have been knitting. Soon I shall surpass even Madame Defarge's tally. When the time comes, the Fates will be busy.
StoneCold
If she's not interested in the money she could get out of the lawsuit - Then why bother suing? It's not her place to decide if more businesses are raided and more arrests of illegals are made. Many mothers behind bars are not entitled to breastfeed their children, why should she have special privileges above them? Just more excuses of illegals. Children are and always have been resilient to traumatic events. This illegal or any other isn't going to convince of anything different.
Illegal Aliens: Are they trespassing in the U.S.?
http://www.legalzoom.com/us-law/immigration/illegal-aliens-are-they-trespassing
In all the documents I have come across, they have stated that if illegal parents get deported, there children have the CHOICE to go with them. So all that BS of the separation of families is just that.
Muerto Mujados
This just shows how arrogant the racist MESSIcan illegal alien la raza nazi invading border criminals are getting. Not only is this scummy illegal alien not worried that she might get deported. But she's willing to sue Americans for us enforcing our laws. Either we Americans will become a tougher, stronger nation or we will cease to be a nation.
Sasori
She has 4 US born children-who collect public assistance and she is not in it for the money?!!! My A$ $ .
This seems to be the latest tactic by illegals. Sue the US. I guess they are hoping we will stop raiding and deporting them if we know they are going to sue us. What a sham. They are illegal, living on public assistance and then sue when things don't go their way. How was she collecting benefits when she was working?? I think a little more investigation needs to be done on this woman.
If she has such serious, obvious injuries there would have been someone who would have noticed.
She would have had a court appearance within hours and they didn't notice this horrific damage that has required surgery and still isn't corrected!!! What a bunch of BS.
Throw her and her anchors outta here.
Where is the father of these 4 children?? Who took care of them while she was being detained??
Another thing to consider if she wins this suit, she will be given legal status and be able to sponsor several family members for entrance to the US.
Adam
Use of fake ssn is not a felony, she has every right to sue their asses.
Iamme
American citizens need to bring a lawsuit against her for trespassing.
Idealist
this is what needs to be stopped.....the illegals and their friggin dirty traitorist lawyers.....why do our courts even entertain such BS......
their need to be some sort of international regualation when it comes to the non citizens.......
that womens children need to be placed into foster care and her butt thrown back over the border......and put in prison if she returns.
Nyoka B
2 points for originality, but it isn't likely to work. do you really think he'll be convicted in an Arizona court?
A. E. Moreira
The first motion that should be made is to ask for dismissal of the entire case because the plaintiff does not have the legal standing to file the case (owing to plaintiff's lack of legal status in the USA).
Now, if someone was arrested and it turned out that the person was in status or actually a citizen (which has happened), but was arrested because the person was believed to be an illegal alien, that's different.
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