A man injured during a raid by immigration agents has filed a federal civil rights complaint in Chicago alleging authorities wrongly believed he was a gang member. The lawsuit claims Immigration and Customs Enforcement entered Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez's home March 27 without a warrant or consent. ICE allegedly relied on incorrect information from a Chicago police gang database.
The lawsuit says Catalan-Ramirez has never been in a gang, but was left partially paralyzed after a January drive-by shooting. ICE agents allegedly fractured his shoulder. The lawsuit says he's receiving inadequate medical care while detained by ICE.
The lawsuit says Catalan-Ramirez is Latin American with U.S. citizen children. It doesn't specify his immigration status. The incident happened the same day ICE shot and injured another man in a separate raid.
