The Boston College Law School Civil Rights Clinic and Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) jointly filed a lawsuit on August 2 against the federal government on behalf of Neisa Ortega and her 14-year-old daughter after Ortega was subjected to repeated body searches and sexual violations over the course of one year by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers.

The news was covered by several media outlets:

BC Law Magazine

LA Times (Spanish Edition)

El Mundo