US EditionACLU sues Puerto Rico's government over release of immigrants' information
- On Wednesday, the Puerto Rico branch of the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the island’s justice secretary and the department of transportation for sharing confidential immigrant data with federal authorities.
- The lawsuit followed sharing of confidential immigrant information between February and March without a court order, violating a 2013 law protecting non-immigration data.
- Since 2013, nearly 6,000 immigrants without legal status have received driver's licenses in Puerto Rico, and ICE arrested 1,128 suspected undocumented immigrants from January to late September.
- ACLU executive director Annette Martínez Orabona said the law aimed to protect this data and accused the government of illegal disclosure without judicial authorization.
- The ACLU requests a judge to order Puerto Rico's government to release all documents related to the information sharing, amid ongoing immigration arrests under Trump’s deportation policy.
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San Juan, Oct 1 (EFE).- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Puerto Rico reported this Wednesday that it sued the local government to demand that it hand over all documents related to the transfer of confidential information from some 6,000 migrants who obtained driving licences on the island. The organization filed a petition from Mandamus before the Court of First Instance in San Juan against the secretary of the Department of Transpor…
Secretary Edwin González Montalvo replied that the agency’s legal advisors will evaluate the “most appropriate course of action under the law”
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ACLU sues Puerto Rico's government over release of immigrants' information
The American Civil Liberties Union chapter in Puerto Rico has sued the island’s justice secretary and its transportation and public works department over confidential information of immigrants lacking permanent legal status shared with federal agents.
Puerto Rico's ACLU filed a lawsuit against DTOP demanding the delivery of documents related to the disclosure of data of some 6,000 migrants
The American Union of Civil Liberties (ACLU) of Puerto Rico sued the local government to demand the delivery of documents related to the transfer of confidential information from some 6,000 migrants who obtained driving licenses on the island.The organization filed a petition from Mandamus before the Court of First Instance in San Juan against the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP), Edwin González Montalvo, and…
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