Libre by Nexus, a company dedicated to freeing immigrants from excessive, inhumane detention, has filed a motion to dismiss a baseless lawsuit against it, saying the recent allegations by the Attorneys General of Virginia, Massachusetts and New York and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are egregiously false. In response to the Attorneys General’s unwillingness to serve the vulnerable detainee population, Libre by Nexus has now established toll-free hotlines in those states which victims of corrupt and abusive police, prison guards and state agents can dial to have their cases reviewed by legal counsel.ATLANTA, March 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Libre by Nexus, a company that works to free immigrants from excessive and inhumane detention in the United States, has filed a motion to dismiss an egregiously false lawsuit by the Attorneys General of New York, Massachusetts and Virginia and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The motion to dismiss centers on the lac
Bail bond firm duped immigrants into wearing shackles and paying to have them removed, feds say By Stephen Gandel
February 22, 2021 / 6:43 PM / MoneyWatch
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleges a company duped U.S. immigrants into wearing electronic tracking bracelets and paying thousands of dollars in fees in hopes of getting them removed.
A lawsuit announced by the agency on Monday, which was joined by the attorneys general of Massachusetts, New York and Virginia, says that the company, Libre by Nexus, for years has been preying on immigrants held in federal detention centers. According to the complaint, Libre s primary business is offering to put up the money detainees need often nearly $10,000 as a bond to gain release while they wait for a trial, which can often take as long as three years.