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Civil-rights suits alleging constitutional violations or Bivens-style claims can be another route for detained persons.
The short, evidence-based answer: there were dozens to a few hundred investigated or alleged instances tied to the , but confirmed criminal prosecutions and convictions related specifically to alterin...
ICE detainers are administrative requests—typically Form I-247A—sent by federal immigration authorities asking state or local jails to notify ICE of an individual’s release date or to hold the person ...
citizens wrongfully detained by have pathways to seek money damages and constitutional relief, but the routes are narrow, technical, and often blocked by doctrines like sovereign immunity and judicial...
— citizens have multiple, though imperfect, forms of legal and political recourse when government actors commit illegal acts: civil lawsuits against state and local officials under , narrow causes of ...
The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and Bivens provide different pathways to hold federal actors accountable: FTCA is a statutory waiver letting plaintiffs sue the for certain torts with procedural pre...