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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced the lawsuit, filed in the district court for the Northern District of Georgia’s Atlanta Division, on Monday, stating it would focus on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that took place in Georgia in January 2016.
The center claims ICE officials entered homes without warrants, consent or probable cause, solely to detain and deport people.
“ICE agents preyed upon vulnerable families using fear and lies to improperly enter homes—without cause—and detain people who were legally present in the U.S.,” Lisa Graybill, deputy legal director at the SPLC, said in a statement.