ICE is charged with enforcing immigration laws. This opinion will attempt to sort it out, guided by the principle that: 'o allow ICE to issue a detainer against an American citizen, with unlimited discretion and without any accountability, sets a dangerous precedent and offends any and all notions of due process.' Ortega v. There is plenty of blame to go around amongst the Defendants in this case. This twenty-four hour illegal detention revealed dysfunction of a constitutional proportion at both the state and federal levels and a unilateral refusal to take responsibility for the fact that a United States citizen lost her liberty due to a baseless immigration detainer through no fault of her own. Morales was held at the state prison on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ('ICE') detainer that was issued solely based on her Hispanic last name and her Guatemalan birthplace. She has a social security number and a United States passport.

McCONNELL, JR., United States District Judge.Īda Morales was born in Guatemala, and became a naturalized United States citizen on Septemunder her maiden name, Ada Amavilia Cabrera.

McCONNELL, JR., United States District Judge.

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