A federal lawsuit has been filed against Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez over recent changes to immigration policy.
The American Civil Liberties Union, along with the University of Miami School of Law’s Immigration Clinic and one local firm, filed the suit on behalf of 18-year-old Garland Creedle. The suit claims Creedle was held in a March case where criminal charges were not filed against him, but was deemed to possibly be a “removable alien.”
The county started the new policy of holding illegal immigrants following an arrest so immigration officials can determine whether they needed to be deported.
“We warned the county about the dangers posed by the premature decision to cave in to the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant threats,” stated ACLU of Florida immigrants’ rights attorney Amien Kacou in a press release.
News Radio 610 WIOD reached out to the Mayor's office and Mayor Gimenez has no comment.