Immigration Raid at Customs Officer’s Home Leads to Suit

(Erica)

James and Sheila Slaughter said that when they answered the door of their home in San Luis, Ariz., on a July afternoon last year, they were surprised to find five armed Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers strapped into bulky bulletproof vests accusing them of harboring an illegal immigrant. The Slaughters recently filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Phoenix accusing the Department of Homeland Security of violating their Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures. They are seeking $500,000 from each of the five officers.

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