US green card holder sues ICE over claims of ‘violent assault’

Key Highlights

• When they arrived at the courthouse four unmarked ICE vehicles “surrounded and blocked” Ramirez Sanan’s car, according to the lawsuit.“Within seconds, and without stopping to identify themselves, ask any questions, or give any warnings or orders for the passengers to follow, the officers surrounded the car and used a sharp tool to shatter both the front and back windows on the driver side, hitting Ramirez Sanan and [her brother-in-law] with shards of glass,” the lawsuit says. Lawyers said ICE officers then “then violently arrested Ramirez Sanan”, “by forcefully twisting her arms back to handcuff her, kicking her, and smashing her against the ground face-first – all in front of her terrified children”.“The officers also reached into the car to unbuckle her 13-year-old son’s seatbelt and grabbed his arms to forcibly pull the child – who is on the autism spectrum – out of the car,” lawyers for Ramirez Sanan, 50, said.“ICE officers questioned the shaking, crying 13-year-old about his legal status, age, and who he lived with.
• An officer threatened to arrest the 13-year-old if he did not answer or produce proof of legal status, despite his age, obvious distress, and disability.”The ICE officers then attempted to force Ramirez Sanan into one of the unmarked vehicles, the lawsuit said.
• They only desisted when local police asked them to check Ramirez Sanan’s identification, according to the lawsuit. After the incident Ramirez Sanan and her children were taken by ambulance to the emergency room.
• Her lawyers said she suffered a concussion, bruising, and a radial nerve palsy from her arm was twisted while ICE officers handcuffed her.“My family is broken and will never be the same,” Ramirez Sanan said.
• “I don’t know how to explain to my children why ICE treated us this way.