As part of Janine Bouey's settlement, Customs and Border Protection agreed to remove incorrect note from her record saying a drug-sniffing dog 'alerted' to her
The ruling largely shields federal border agents, including CBP officers and Border Patrol agents, from civil lawsuits seeking damages for excessive-force claims.
Bouey, whose initial complaint sought $3 million in compensation, said the ruling was the main reason she decided to settle the lawsuit rather than take it to trial. A judge signed off on the settlement in June and dismissed the case Wednesday.Janine Bouey previously filed a complaint against Customs and Border Protection about the 2020 incident
Already a year into a doctoral program at the time, Bouey decided to write her dissertation about other Black women who shared similar experiences. Her dissertation, a case study about the “lived experiences of African American women who encounter CBP when re-entering the U.S.,” wasIt cites the results of a two-year study by the U.S.
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