Immigrants seek end to ‘discriminatory’ Montana Highway Patrol policy
HELENA — An immigrants-rights group on Monday filed a class-action lawsuit seeking to put an end to a Montana Highway Patrol policy of detaining minorities stopped for minor offenses until their immigration status can be verified by federal authorities.
Four plaintiffs, all members of the Helena-based Montana Immigrant Justice Alliance, filed the lawsuit in the wake of recent revelations surrounding former Col. Kenton Hickethier’s abrupt retirement from the Montana Highway Patrol in August.
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