Immigration,
Administrative/Regulatory
May 6, 2025
Courts or courted for deportation? The immigration crackdown threatens vulnerable workers
The Trump Administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants, including courthouse arrests, jeopardizes the ability of vulnerable silicosis plaintiffs who seek justice without the threat of deportation.
Raphael Metzger
Principal
Metzger Law Group
Phone: (562) 437-4499
Email: rmetzger@toxictorts.com
Raphael Metzger is the principal of the Metzger Law Group, a boutique toxic tort litigation firm in Long Beach that represents about 250 immigrant fabricators who suffer from silicosis. Metzger filed the first such case and has led the litigation since its inception. His firm has also filed a class action on behalf of all workers exposed to engineered stone dust in California to obtain medical monitoring to detect silicosis and other lethal diseases that are caused by engineered stone.
In its zeal to deport undocumented immigrants, the Trump Administration recently directed ICE to begin arresting Latino immigrants in state courthouses.
On April 22, a group of men hauled Teodoro Dominguez-Rodriguez away from the Albemarle County courthouse in Charlottesville, Virginia, after a judge had dismissed criminal charges against him. The men, dressed in plain clothes, showed no identification or any warrant for Dominguez-Rodriguez's arrest. Fe...
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