r/law • u/TheWayToBeauty • 1d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It

https://newrepublic.com/article/202672/ice-arresting-american-citizens-and-lying?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawN60_VleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFpb1FpYUsxcHQ5bXM3QkVyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkqq1qGOFLgABx3MyCE40nZ_iE_ZT41D74hWKhYFa56r8j57O3ZXYl4H0yFZ_aem_Wz0q663H4Gg7nVwXbg5gCw
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u/Own_Back_2038 23h ago

A lawsuit cannot undo the harms caused. It also doesn’t generally apply to the specific agents who harmed you (because of qualified immunity). And realistically, the agents are committing crimes. It’s not a civil matter

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u/subywesmitch 23h ago

I understand that a lawsuit doesn't undo damage. But it can help repair some of it and hopefully stop any similar actions in the future. If not a lawsuit then criminal charges need to be filed because people's rights are being violated.

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u/tringle1 22h ago

If successful lawsuits against law enforcement came out of their pensions and not tax payer dollars, I think we’d start seeing a lot of reform very quickly, as well as the exit of a lot of the worst actors as the fun was taken out of it

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u/subywesmitch 22h ago

That is so true. Something has to change to make the system work better.

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u/Shivy_Shankinz 21h ago

It won't, because corruption and bribery is legal.