Immigrants Sent to ICE Custody After Paying Bail Sue Miami-Dade County

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MIAMI NEW TIMES

BY: JERRY IANNELLI

In the new suit, the immigrant groups argue that ICE detainers constitute unconstitutional, new "arrests" separate from the charges that send people to the jail in the first place. Courts across the nation have largely supported this idea. The suit says 882 people in 2017 and 219 as of this past February 2 have been held in Miami-Dade jails on ICE detainers, but ICE has not arrested all 1,101 detained individuals.

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