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Nearly 100 immigrants who were rounded up during a 2018 raid at a meat-processing plant in Tennessee have reached a $1.17 million settlement against the U.S. government and federal agents, who they said used racial profiling and excessive force during the operation, stepping on a person’s neck and punching another in the face.
Roughly 100 immigrants reached a $1.17 million settlement with the U.S. government over racial profiling & excessive force in a Tennessee plant raid from 2018.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A federal judge has approved a settlement of more than $1 million in a class action lawsuit that challenged a federal immigration raid at an eastern Tennessee
The workers accused the government of racial profiling and excessive force. The agreement is very likely the first class settlement over an immigration enforcement operation at a work site, experts say.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a settlement of more than $1 million in a class action lawsuit that challenged a federal immigration raid at an eastern Tennessee...