Immigrant victimized by ICE forgery doesn’t have to pay fees

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge is criticizing the Justice Department for seeking legal fees from a Mexican immigrant who was the victim of a forgery by a government lawyer.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein on Tuesday denied the department’s effort to make Ignacio Lanuza pay legal fees for his unsuccessful attempt to hold the government liable for the forgery. The fees could have topped $100,000.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer forged a document to try to get Lanuza