ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Immigration Enforcement Agency
Bay Area civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of a seven-year-old boy, a U.S. citizen by birth, who was detained for 10 hours by immigration agents, after arresting the boy's father on an immigration violation last month.
Lawyers said it's the first time they've documented a U.S. citizen, the child of an immigrant, detained in the federal government's crackdown on illegal immigrants called "Operation Return to Sender." JESSIE MANGALIMAN in the San Jose Mercury News.