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June 10, 2014

Police in East Haven, CT to Restrict Immigration Role Under New Deal 
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The town of East Haven, Connecticut has agreed to pay $450,000 and adopt
new limits on the role of police in immigration enforcement, in order to
settle a civil rights lawsuit by Latino residents. Under the new limits,
which an attorney for the plaintiffs called some of the strongest in the
country, police will limit questioning about status and decline to
detain people at the behest of immigration authorities without a
criminal warrant. Alleged abuses by East Haven police, including false
arrests and illegal searches, led to a Justice Department consent decree
and the criminal convictions of four police officers.

 

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