WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
As the Trump Administration conducts widespread and indiscriminate immigration enforcement operations in cities across the country, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced the Accountability for Federal Law Enforcement Act to allow individuals - regardless of citizenship - the right to sue federal law enforcement officers and agencies in civil court for violations of their civil and constitutional rights.
Under current law, individuals can sue state and local officers for constitutional violations, but there is no comparable statutory right to sue federal o...