bellinghamherald The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington filed a federal claim Tuesday seeking damages for a family of asylum seekers, including four children, who were detained in a single, windowless cell at the Blaine detention center for a month last year. The court filing, one of 54 brought by the ACLU nationwide in July under the Federal Tort Claims Act, claims that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and the Department of Homeland Security owes $15 million to the family. Read more at the link in our bio. #lawsuit #asylumseekers #ACLU #washington #localnews