The city of Southaven, Mississippi, argued in a legal brief that a man who was fatally shot by police in 2017 had no constitutional protections because he was an undocumented immigrant.
Ismael Lopez was killed in 2017 after Southaven officers arrived at the wrong door to execute a warrant.
Attorneys for Lopez's family have filed a civil lawsuit over the shooting, and are seeking $20 million in damages.
The Supreme Court has ruled multiple times that any person on US soil — no matter their immigration status — is protected by the Constitution.
Two years ago, police officers arrived at a Mississippi home in the middle of the night to execute a warrant.
"What [they're] saying is that because this man is undocumented, it's okay to kill him?".
"The US Supreme Court has made it clear that any individual on American soil, regardless of how they entered America, has constitutional protections. »