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7 Immigration Detainers Cases

Peter Brown
Florida
May 2025

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Peter Sean Brown v. Richard Ramsay

The Ƶ, Ƶof Florida, and Americans for Immigrant Justice filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a natural-born U.S. citizen who was unlawfully detained — and nearly deported — as a result of a Florida sheriff’s improper collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Peter Sean Brown V. Richard Ramsay. Explore Case.
Florida
May 2025
Peter Brown

Immigration Detainers

Peter Sean Brown v. Richard Ramsay

The Ƶ, Ƶof Florida, and Americans for Immigrant Justice filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a natural-born U.S. citizen who was unlawfully detained — and nearly deported — as a result of a Florida sheriff’s improper collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Morales v. Chadbourne
Court Case
Jan 2017

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Morales v. Chadbourne

Ada Morales is a naturalized U.S. citizen who has been erroneously detained by Rhode Island law enforcement officials on immigration detainers not once, but twice—first in July 2004, and again in May 2009. Her lawsuit arises out of her 2009 imprisonment.
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Court Case
Jan 2017
Morales v. Chadbourne

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Morales v. Chadbourne

Ada Morales is a naturalized U.S. citizen who has been erroneously detained by Rhode Island law enforcement officials on immigration detainers not once, but twice—first in July 2004, and again in May 2009. Her lawsuit arises out of her 2009 imprisonment.
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Gonzalez v. ICE
California
Sep 2014

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Gonzalez v. ICE

Gonzalez v. ICE is a proposed class action lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), brought by two U.S. citizens—Gerardo Gonzalez and Simon Chinivizyan—who were subjected to ICE detainers while in custody in Los Angeles County. The lawsuit challenges ICE's practice of lodging detainers—and thereby causing people's extended detention—without a probable cause determination, in violation of the Fourth Amendment. 
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California
Sep 2014
Gonzalez v. ICE

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Gonzalez v. ICE

Gonzalez v. ICE is a proposed class action lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), brought by two U.S. citizens—Gerardo Gonzalez and Simon Chinivizyan—who were subjected to ICE detainers while in custody in Los Angeles County. The lawsuit challenges ICE's practice of lodging detainers—and thereby causing people's extended detention—without a probable cause determination, in violation of the Fourth Amendment. 
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Galarza v. Szalczyk
Court Case
Jun 2014

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Galarza v. Szalczyk

In December 2010, the Ƶof Pennsylvania and the ƵImmigrants’ Rights Project filed suit in an Allentown, PA federal court on behalf of Ernesto Galarza, a New Jersey-born U.S. citizen of Puerto Rican descent who was held illegally for three days in the Lehigh County Prison. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents requested his detention on the baseless assertion that he might be an undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic. 
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Court Case
Jun 2014
Galarza v. Szalczyk

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Galarza v. Szalczyk

In December 2010, the Ƶof Pennsylvania and the ƵImmigrants’ Rights Project filed suit in an Allentown, PA federal court on behalf of Ernesto Galarza, a New Jersey-born U.S. citizen of Puerto Rican descent who was held illegally for three days in the Lehigh County Prison. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents requested his detention on the baseless assertion that he might be an undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic. 
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