12-09-2019 20:59 via kvoa.com

US wants $100,000-plus from immigrant who sued over forgery

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. officials want a Mexican immigrant and his lawyers to pay legal fees after he lost his effort to hold the government responsible for a federal immigration lawyer forging a document to try to get him deported.
Ignacio Lanuza sued in 2014, helping prompt a criminal investigation that sent the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer to jail.
His lawsuit also established legal precedent concerning constitutional rights during immigration proceedings and resulted in
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