A federal judge has ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove ankle monitors and drop “intensive” supervision requirements for two farmworkers who were arrested while riding in a van on their way to work in Marion County.
U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled Thursday that ICE officers arrested the two last fall without probable cause and violated their due process rights with “reckless and erroneous” actions during and after the arrests.
The two workers, identified only as A.B.D. and C.C.S. in court papers, are both Guatemalan citizens who speak their indigenous language, Mam, and have no understanding of English and only a basic understanding of Spanish, according to Aiken’s ruling. Neither has a criminal history…