Car Wash Workers File Federal Claims Against ICE for Racial Profiling, Unlawful Arrests, and Physical Violence FTCA Complaint Filed After ICE Raid Swept Up Latino Workers at Boston-Area Car Wash In a startling show of force, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
On April 1, 2026, Teen Vogue published the following op-ed from LCR’s client, a high school senior who testified in Congress. Teen Vogue I Spent My Senior Year Fighting ICE. When Will Justice Come? By Ana Michelle Ramirez Sanan In this op-ed, high school senior Ana Michelle Ramirez Sanan explains why she testified at a congressional forum about DHS. I am a...
The following op-ed was published by WBUR Cognoscenti on March 25, 2026. WBUR Cognoscenti The trouble with using technology to enforce traffic laws Gov. Maura Healey has proposed allowing cities to deploy speed cameras for the first time, specifically in school zones and construction zones. Pending legislation on Beacon Hill seeks to expand automated...
Teen Testifies Before Congress on ICE Abuses Against Children Congressional Hearing Features Testimony of Lawyers for Civil Rights Client from Chelsea, Mass. March 24, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Michelle Ramirez Sanan, a teenager whose family was brutalized by ICE, will testify at a bicameral hearing on ICE abuses against children. In December, Lawyers for...
The following op-ed appeared recently in the Boston Business Journal Justice requires keeping the pro bono flame alive By Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal | Damian Turco Lawyers for Civil Rights | Turco Legal PC The residents of a mobile-home park in Auburn organized to fight unconscionable rent hikes. Survival was at stake: Some families had to choose between...
Chelsea Family Files Federal Lawsuit After ICE Smashes Car Window During Mother’s Day Arrest Lawsuit Seeks to Hold ICE Accountable for Increasingly Aggressive Enforcement Tactics Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) filed a federal lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts on behalf of a Chelsea family whose car window was shattered by...
Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) submitted a public comment to the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) on proposed revisions to the Model Use of Force Policy. LCR urges POST to strengthen the policy by addressing two issues that shape real-world encounters: mental health crises and implicit bias. LCR argues the draft should...
Beacon Hill’s Inaction Leaves Immigrant Communities Unprotected Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) is concerned by the Massachusetts Legislature’s lack of urgency in enacting legislation to address increasingly aggressive and unlawful federal immigration enforcement. While Governor Healey signed an Executive Order barring the use of state property for...
