ACLU: Lawsuit alleges 3 immigrant women assaulted while in ICE custody

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Source: CNN

A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of three immigrant women who were allegedly sexually assaulted while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Texas, the American Civil Liberties Union said this week.

The ACLU, citing documents it said it had obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, said in a news release that there have been nearly 200 allegations of sexual abuse of immigration detainees jailed at detention facilities across the United States since 2007.

The ACLU release did not give dates of any of the alleged assaults, including those involving the three women who are plaintiffs in the class-action suit. The plaintiffs were identified only as Sarah Doe, Kimberly Doe and Raquel Doe "to protect them from further harm," the ACLU said.

The alleged attacks occurred while the plaintiffs were being transported from the T. Don Hutto Family Residential Center in Taylor, Texas, to the airport or bus station in nearby Austin, the ACLU said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/21/justice/us-detainees-assault-suit/index.html

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1. Curious why the key is having an official of the same sex around.

Do they not trust male guards?

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2. I am not surprised. Power corrupts. On the other hand, I hope to heaven

that we don't have a single faker in that group of 200 or the RW will discredit all of the victims, and probably very cruelly to boot.

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3. Undocumented immigrants are among our most vulnerable

population and deserve protection.

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