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SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (PIX11) — More than 600 immigrants will be awarded $112 million after a federal judge ruled they were unlawfully detained by federal immigration authorities in New York , court documents show.

Suffolk County and the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office were determined to be financially liable and responsible for violating the constitutional rights of 674 people who were held in county jails in 2017, even after posting their bail or resolving their cases, the judge ruled.

“This decision brings long-overdue accountability,” said José Pérez, Deputy General Counsel at LatinoJustice PRLDEF, which represented the

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