ACLU sues US government over border patrols
A US civil liberties group is suing the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obtain records about the abuse of migrants around the US-Mexican border.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked a federal court in California to order the DHS and the US Border Patrol, a component of DHS, to release data about the number of stops conducted and how such stops are executed near the country’s southern border.
Last year, the ACLU requested information from the DHS about its border patrols under the Freedom of Information Act. The lawsuit stems from the July 2014 request, which the DHS declined to provide.
"The Border Patrol operates as a rogue agency, claiming extra-constitutional powers that extend far from any border, and operating with no effective oversight," said Adrienna Wong, attorney with the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, in a statement.
According to the ACLU, Hispanic residents and farmers in the US are being stopped as far as 100 miles (160 km) from the US-Mexico border by US Border Patrol agents.
The ACLU said federal law allows the Border Patrol to make stops and seizures within a “reasonable distance” of the border.
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