- Arturo Ruvalcaba filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Immigrations and Customs Enforcement on Friday.
- Ruvalcaba, who is deaf, alleges the ICE officers injured him during a Sept. 29 encounter outside Salt Lake Community College’s Taylorsville campus.
- The lawsuit claims agents violated his rights and failed to accommodate his deafness.
TAYLORSVILLE — A deaf Utah man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging he was injured during an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside Salt Lake Community College’s Taylorsville campus.
The complaint, filed on behalf of 38-year-old Arturo Ruvalcaba, describes what attorneys call a confusing and painful confrontation on Sept. 29, in which several individuals, later identified as ICE agents, approached him at the SLCC bus stop as he waited to go home from work.
According to the lawsuit, agents arrived in multiple white SUVs and wore green military-style uniforms and partially covered faces. Ruvalcaba, who is deaf and communicates primarily through sign language and visual cues, told attorneys he could not understand the verbal commands being shouted at him…