The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah has filed a federal lawsuit against the the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Marshals Service for allegedly conducting two warrantless, SWAT-style raids on the home of a family living in Heber last April.
The plaintiffs are five adults and four small children who were allegedly targeted in two raids by at least 10 federal agents dressed in military-style gear and carrying assault-style weapons.
According to the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, agents from ICE and the marshals service forcibly entered and ransacked their home, threatened to take the children away, and arrested the children’s grandmother.