· Great Falls Tribune · By John S. Adams · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
This Great Falls Tribune front page features Audemio Orozco-Ramirez's allegation that he was raped by other detainees while ICE held him at the Jefferson County jail. The report describes his difficulty reporting the assault without a Spanish-speaking officer and the complaint seeking an investigation into detention conditions and safeguards.
The front-page treatment made visible a part of immigration enforcement that was usually hidden from public view: the treatment of civil immigration detainees inside local Montana jails. Shahid represented Orozco-Ramirez while pressing for the allegation to be investigated before his client could be deported.