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ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Law Enforcement for Mass Immigration Raid in Idaho

HeadlineFeb 11, 2026

A federal class-action lawsuit by the ACLU and three Latino families alleges law enforcement used aggressive tactics and unjustly detained hundreds of people, including children, during an immigration raid in Wilder, Idaho, last October. The day of the raid, more than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement officers descended on a popular horse racing venue with armored trucks and helicopters, detaining approximately 400 people, including U.S. citizens and children, some as young as 3 years old, according to the ACLU. People described being shoved by agents, dragged out of their cars with flashbang grenades, shot with rubber bullets, while parents and children were zip-tied at gunpoint and detained for several hours.

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