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Mar 07, 2019

ACLU and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center Appeal Decision Exonerating Grand Rapids Police Captain Who Called ICE on American Citizen and Marine Veteran Jilmar Ramos-Gomez

The ACLU and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center have asked the Grand Rapids Civilian Appeal Board to reverse the findings of the Grand Rapids Police Department, which exonerated Captain Curt VanderKooi, who called ICE on Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, a U.S. citizen and decorated Marine combat veteran.