League City Police Department Sued by Day Laborers

The League City Police Department is being sued by a group of about 40 day laborers. The laborers claim that they were wrongfully arrested while looking for work on a street corner and feel their right to free speech was violated. Residents of League City seem divided on the issue depending on whether or not the day laborers were in the country legally. They feel that anyone in the country legally should be able to look for work, but illegal aliens should not be able to. It should be interesting to see what grounds the police had for the arrests since being a day laborer by itself is not a valid indicator of immigration status.