Jailed Man Files Class Complaint Challenging Gallatin County ICE Detainers

(February 28, 2019, 11:23 AM EST) -- BOZEMAN, Mont. — A man who alleges that he has resided in the United States for 21 years and is now being held in a Gallatin County, Mont., Detention Center on a federal immigration detainer filed a class complaint on Feb. 22 in a Montana state court accusing Gallatin County officials of exceeding their authority under Montana law by jailing people at the request of federal immigration authorities (Luis Soto Lopez, et al. v. Brian Gootkin, et al., No. N/A, Mont. Detention, Gallatin Co.)....

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