Consumer Law
A Salvadoran Man Files a $5 Million Lawsuit Against a Maryland County Over ICE Detention
A Salvadoran man living in Maryland is suing Howard County over a 2020 arrest for minor traffic violations that led to his transfer into the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
William Garcia Trejo filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt alleging that Howard County violated his constitutional rights by holding him without legal justification.
“Mr. Trejo was illegally turned over to ICE by Howard County, which had a long record of mistreating immigrant detainees,” said Trejo’s lawyer, Timothy Maloney.
