Case is an example of the nation's “broken” immigration policies and the potential danger of “show me your papers” laws, like the one passed in Arizona that allows local law enforcement agents to detain illegal immigrants.

From [HERE] Cass County has settled a lawsuit out of court filed by a jailed immigrant who claimed that jail officials ignored her allegation that she was raped by a fellow detainee, and instead offered her a Tylenol.

The lawsuit was filed in January by the ACLU on behalf of Claudia Leiva-Deras, 27, a legal immigrant from Honduras who speaks only Spanish.  She was detained in 2009 after reporting that she was a victim of domestic assault at her home. At the time, she was an illegal immigrant, but later was granted legal, permanent resident status under a clause that allows that for victims of domestic violence.

The lawsuit claimed that Cass County officials failed to respond to her reports of almost daily beatings during four months of detention, ignored the sexual assault allegation and her requests for a doctor, and instead only offered a Tylenol. Terms of the settlement were not released, and Cass County has stated that officials were not deliberately indifferent to the woman's allegations.