The suit, filed in federal court in San Antonio, argues that Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star is detaining migrants longer than legally allowed.
Texas Guard personnel involved in Operation Lone Star monitor the Rio Grande from behind a barrier of razor wire installed by the state.filed in San Antonio, civil-rights groups argue that"hundreds, if not thousands," of migrants arrested under Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star on minor property crimes have been detained in jail longer than legally allowed.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the Texas Fair Defense Project and the Covington & Burling law firm seek monetary damages for the plaintiffs, whom they argue were deprived of due process. Some of the men also were separated from their families during their incarceration, the suit alleges.
“The government cannot just grab whoever they want off the street and lock them in cages as long as they feel like it,” Texas Fair Defense Project Managing Attorney for Litigation Camilla Hsu said in a statement. “To put it plainly, what happened here was that the legal process said there was no reason for our clients to be in jail, but instead of letting them go, the Defendants in this case illegally jailed them, with no authority whatsoever, for weeks.
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