The Daily Herald
MAURY COUNTY, Tennessee -- Eleven Columbia residents (Illegal Aliens) detained in an immigration raid have sued Maury County Sheriff Enoch George, a Nashville attorney said Tuesday.
George, three of his deputies, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, their supervisors and U.S. Deptartment of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff were sued Thursday, attorney Elliott Ozment said.
The arrests were made July 3 in connection with the search for Juan Villa, 24, charged with the rape of a 15-year-old girl. During the search, ICE agents, with the help of Maury County deputies, arrested 13 suspected illegal immigrants.
Ozment’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in Nashville, alleges ICE agents and George’s department “conspired ... to deprive the plaintiffs of their basic constitutional rights.”
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The Maury County Commission will also vote on a resolution Monday that commends the sheriff for his efforts to enforce immigration laws in Maury County.
Plaintiffs are Gerardo Flores Morales, 35, Pedro Alto Varios, 31, Luis Antonion Flores, 23, Andres Villa Duran, 22, Gregorio Villa Duran, 18, Jose Duran Martinez, 33, Omar Moreno Aguilar, 21, Mario Villa Duran, 18, Viviana Villa Duran, 19, Hector Panzon Reyes, 19 and Delfino Mora, 27, all of whom live in American Mobile Village on East Burt Drive.
Posted by tyne at July 12, 2007