However, the 94-page complaint, filed in Manhattan federal court, alleged ACS is violating the constitutional rights of mostly families of color by relying on emergency removals in cases that are not true emergencies.
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Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
Larissa MacFarquhar reports on a new class-action lawsuit that is challenging these emergency removals.
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