Legal Action
Ramirez Ovando v. Noem
Filed in: U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Summary
Plaintiffs, a proposed class of Colorado residents unlawfully arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), bring this suit against the Trump-Vance administration, challenging the indiscriminate warrantless arrests conducted by ICE agents under a nationwide arrest quota. Plaintiffs allege that the defendants’ actions violate 8 U.S.C. § 1357(a)(2), which requires probable cause and assessment of flight risk before warrantless arrests, and that the arrests are otherwise unlawful and arbitrary. They assert that these practices terrorize communities, separate families, and exceed the legal authority granted to federal immigration agents. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief halting these unlawful warrantless arrests on a class-wide basis throughout Colorado.
Plaintiffs
- Refugio Ramirez Ovando
- Caroline Dias Goncalves
- J.S.T.
- G.R.R.
Plaintiffs' Counsel
- Olson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray LLC
- American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado
- Meyer Law Office
Defendants
- Secretary Kristi Noem
- Acting Director Todd Lyons
- Director Robert Guadian