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Claim: Federal agents in plain clothes aimed guns, handcuffed humanitarian-aid volunteers
ARIZONA, JUL 14 – Volunteers seek $543,750 each for alleged assault and false arrest by plainclothes Homeland Security Investigations agents on a public border road during humanitarian aid delivery.
- On March 12, 2025, Homeland Security Investigations agents dressed in plain clothes aimed assault-style rifles at two Tucson, Arizona humanitarian volunteers, then handcuffed and detained them, the claim says.
- After receiving a report of vigilantes vandalizing a humanitarian water station, the Samaritans believed the armed men were militant vigilantes harassing migrants and humanitarian workers, the claim said.
- According to the claim, agents operated in plainclothes and unmarked vehicles, blocking the volunteers’ truck by parking an SUV across the road and using tactics volunteers say appeared aimed at threatening them with lethal force.
- On July 11, the volunteers filed tort claims against ICE, alleging multiple violations, and their attorney said a lawsuit will follow if they don’t settle.
- Under Arizona law, HSI agents aren’t classified as peace officers, and ICE spokesperson Scott Peard said it’s still unclear why they were operating on a road usually patrolled by Border Patrol.
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Claim: Federal agents in plain clothes aimed guns, handcuffed Tucson Samaritans
Federal agents who were not in uniform and in an unmarked vehicle pointed guns, chased and handcuffed two Tucson Samaritans in a tense confrontation along the US-Mexico border, a court
Two Arizona Samaritans Who Help Asylum Seekers at Border Seek Damages for Mistreatment by DHS
In Arizona, two Tucson-area volunteer aid workers are seeking damages after Homeland Security agents dressed in plain clothes pointed assault-style rifles at them, handcuffed and detained them along a border wall road in March. Seventy-four-year-old Gail Kocourek, who regularly assists asylum seekers at the border with water, food and medical supplies, is well known and friendly with the regular border agents in the area. She was driving a vehic…
The Times of Northwest Indiana
Claim: Federal agents in plain clothes aimed guns, handcuffed humanitarian-aid volunteers
Federal agents who were not in uniform and in an unmarked vehicle pointed guns, chased and handcuffed two Arizona Samaritans in a tense confrontation along the US-Mexico border, a court claim says.
June 4 Calls Show CPD Knew Federal Immigration Agents Were Asking for Help
An officer in the department’s “fusion” center told 911 dispatchers Homeland Security Investigations—a division of ICE—were calling for help. He also wanted to avoid media attention. The post June 4 Calls Show CPD Knew Federal Immigration Agents Were Asking for Help appeared first on South Side Weekly.
Humanitarian files claim after being stopped at gunpoint by HSI agents
Volunteers with a Tucson-based humanitarian group filed claims against the federal government Friday, alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and false arrest and imprisonment stemming from a March incident in the far southwestern corner of Santa Cruz County.
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