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New York and Illinois have recently passed laws allowing people to file civil lawsuits against federal agents. These statutes are meant to fill a gap caused by Supreme Court rulings that have restricted the criteria for these lawsuits based on federal law.
This Maine Lawsuit is Testing the Boundaries of Suing Federal Immigration Agents - BoltsFederal law makes it very difficult to file lawsuits against federal officers, but some states have adopted their own laws to give people a so-called cause of action to sue.boltsmag.org