ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SUES OVER ANKLE MONITOR
Mexican national Maribel Arellano, who has been living in North Texas illegally for more than 20 years, has filed a lawsuit in federal court because immigration officials forced her to wear an ankle monitor. The 37-year-old mother of seven had to wear an ankle monitor for eight months so U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could keep track of her. Arellano came to ICE’s attention during a 2008 traffic stop and was given the bracelet after ICE was unable to reach her by phone one day when they called to “check in” on her.Her attorney, Arturo Rodriguez, says the bracelet amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. ICE maintains that the bracelet was given to her as an alternate allowing her to stay at home rather than be put into a detention center away from her children.
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