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ACLU Announces Settlement in Lawsuit Over Warrantless Raid By US Immigration Agents and Nashville Police

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015.  The American Civil Liberties Union announced a settlement in a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of victims of a warrantless raid in Nashville, Tennessee, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Metropolitan Nashville Police Department officers. ICE and MNPD agreed to pay $310,000 to settle all claims, and ICE granted the noncitizen plaintiffs deferred action status for seven years.

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The case, Escobar v. Gaines, stemmed from a 2010 raid…

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