Creedle v. Miami‐Dade County

  • Latest Update: Mar 01, 2020
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Summary

In 2017, Miami-Dade County’s then-Mayor Carlos Gimenez issued an order for county jails to comply with federal immigration detention requests. He was bending to pressure from the first Trump administration. That same year, the County then held our client on an ICE detainer. Our client is a U.S. citizen born in Honduras who can not be deported.

This case shows how easily foreign born U.S. citizens (who comprise a significant portion of the population in South Florida) can get caught in ICE's dragnet. The ACLU of Florida and partners filed a federal lawsuit arguing that the county lacked the legal authority to comply with detainers and that the detainer issued against our client lacked probable cause. The defendants motions to dismiss were in large part denied. The case was stayed in March 2020 pending resolution of a related class action.

WHAT'S AT STAKE

In 2017, a U.S. citizen was unlawfully arrested and detained as a result of the Miami-Dade County mayor’s instruction for County corrections departments to collaborate with ICE. The County operated under the authority of controversial ICE detainers while lacking probable cause. This case shows how easily foreign-born U.S. citizens can get caught in ICE's dragnet.

The Latest: We continue to work towards achieving justice for our client.

Attorney(s):
Daniel Tilley