Lawyer: Tactic used by ICE agents amounts to extortion

PHOENIX (AP) — An unusual tactic used by federal agents in arresting an immigrant in northern Arizona is drawing criticism for being a form of extortion.
A lawyer for Jose Montelongo-Morales says Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on April 19 brought his client’s sister to a trailer in Sedona where her brother was believed to be staying.
Attorney Lee Phillips says agents told his client’s sister that she would be released from immigration custody if the property owner a