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ICE arrested J.R.H.L. without a warrant while he walked to work in Wyandanch, New York, detaining him for approximately two months

On June 7, 2025, ICE agents stopped and arrested J.R.H.L., a Latino resident of Wyandanch, New York, without a warrant while he walked across a parking lot near his home on his way to work, according to a class action complaint filed April 8, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. J.R.H.L. spent approximately two months in ICE detention before being granted bond. The complaint, filed by the Legal Aid Society, NYCLU, Make the Road New York, and Covington and Burling, alleges ICE and CBP systematically target Latino New Yorkers for suspicionless stops and warrantless arrests in violation of the Fourth Amendment and federal immigration law.

Jurisdiction
Federal
Location
Wyandanch, New York

Abuses documented

Actors

On June 7, 2025, ICE agents stopped and arrested J.R.H.L., a Latino resident of Wyandanch, New York, without a warrant while he walked across a parking lot near his home on his way to work, according to a federal class action complaint filed April 8, 2026. J.R.H.L. spent approximately two months in ICE detention before being granted bond.

The arrest is documented in NYCLU v. DHS, ICE, CBP, a class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York by the Legal Aid Society, the New York Civil Liberties Union, Make the Road New York, and Covington and Burling LLP. The complaint alleges that DHS, ICE, and CBP maintain a systematic policy and practice of conducting suspicionless stops of New Yorkers based on perceived race and ethnicity, and making warrantless immigration arrests without probable cause, in violation of the Fourth Amendment and federal immigration law.

The complaint names J.R.H.L. as one of eight Latino New Yorkers stopped and arrested by ICE or CBP agents while going about their daily lives. Federal law requires agents to have reasonable suspicion of an immigration violation before detaining someone, and probable cause of both an immigration violation and a likelihood of escape before making a warrantless arrest. The complaint alleges neither threshold was met for J.R.H.L. or the other named plaintiffs.

Updates

2026-04-08 — Class action complaint filed in E.D.N.Y. documenting arrest [1]

The Legal Aid Society, NYCLU, Make the Road New York, and Covington and Burling LLP filed a class action complaint in the Eastern District of New York naming J.R.H.L. and seven other Latino New Yorkers as plaintiffs, alleging DHS, ICE, and CBP engaged in a systematic policy of racial profiling and warrantless immigration arrests. The complaint alleges federal immigration agencies are unlawfully stopping and arresting thousands of Black and Brown people in an effort to meet the Trump Administration's immigration arrest quotas.

Why we recorded this

The Fourth Amendment requires probable cause before the government may arrest someone, and federal immigration law requires reasonable suspicion of an immigration violation before agents may detain a person. On June 7, 2025, ICE agents stopped and arrested J.R.H.L., a Latino resident of Wyandanch, New York, without a warrant while he walked across a parking lot near his home on his way to work. He spent approximately two months in ICE detention before being granted bond. The arrest is documented in a federal class action complaint alleging systematic racial profiling of Latino New Yorkers, filed April 8, 2026 in the Eastern District of New York. This archive records each documented warrantless arrest as a discrete failure of constitutional limits on federal enforcement authority.

Sources

  1. Legal Aid, NYCLU, Make the Road NY, and Covington & Burling LLP File Class Action Lawsuit Against DHS for Unlawful Stops, Warrantless Immigration Arrests, and Racial Profiling of New Yorkers — New York Civil Liberties Union primary accessed July 22, 2026

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