LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The federal program that authorizes corrections officers in Clark County to hold undocumented people for transfer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is illegal, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada contends in a lawsuit filed on Monday.

The civil rights group is suing on behalf of Sergio Morais-Hechavarria, who was arrested in August and pled guilty last month to attempted possession of a stolen vehicle.

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A court ordered him to an inpatient facility as part of his sentencing, but according to ACLU attorney Sadmira Ramic, an ICE immigration hold prevented him from going to th

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