Honduran woman who claims ICE agent raped her under deportation threat may have had good reason to delay lawsuit, says federal appeals court

NEW YORK — An undocumented Honduran woman who says she was raped and psychologically tormented by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent — who forced her to have three abortions — may have had good reason for delaying a lawsuit in the matter, New York-based federal appeals judges said Tuesday. The woman, identified in the case as Jane Doe, won reinstatement of her lawsuit against ex-ICE agent Wilfredo Rodriguez, which a Connecticut federal judge tossed in March 2022 because it was filed outside the statute of limitations. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision sends the case back...