Custody

ICE Did Not Provide Detainee Proper Medical Care

A man detained by immigration agents in Chicago field a lawsuit against a federal agency Tuesday claiming he did not receive proper medical care while in custody. Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez sat in a wheelchair while his attorney and Immigration Customs and Enforcement attorneys argued over whether he has received proper care. In January, Catalan-Ramirez was partially paralyzed from a drive-by …


Schwab Lawsuit Claims DCF, Other Agencies Engaged in ‘Kids for Cash’ Enterprise

An amended civil complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for Kansas alleges the Kansas Department for Children and Families, as well as other agencies and individuals, are engaged in a “Kids for Cash type unlawful enterprise.” “Private agencies are contracted that the longer they keep the kids, the more funding they get,” said plaintiff Raymond Schwab. “They allegedly, …