"Filing a tort claim, Gingold said, is relatively simple: you start by filling out a form [https://www.ice.gov/opla/ftca]. “What’s required is not much: you just need to be able to say, this is the harm that happened.” Then, the agency has six months to agree to pay, or contest your claim. Often, though, they ignore tort claims altogether, Gingold said. If that six-month clock runs out, then a person harmed by an ICE agent would have the opportunity to take the agency to court. "