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The ImmigrationProf Blog summarizes MIJA's class action alleging that Montana Highway Patrol officers prolonged stops of Latino motorists solely to investigate immigration status. It identifies Shahid Haque as lead counsel and compares the allegations to the successful racial-profiling case against Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio.
The comparison placed Shahid's Montana case within a national legal movement challenging local police agencies that used traffic enforcement as a gateway to immigration detention.