Suffolk County will appeal a jury’s award of $112 million to nearly 700 immigrants who a judge ruled were unlawfully detained by the sheriff’s office on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a county spokesperson said.

Michael Martino, the county spokesperson, said the county disagreed with the outcome of the class-action lawsuit. The payout is due to be shared by 674 immigrants who were detained over a period of more than four years.

The jury’s decision on compensation followed a federal judge’s ruling in January that the sheriff’s office on Long Island had violated Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable seizures under the federal and state constitutions by holding the immigrants past their scheduled release times.

The jury also found that the sheriff’s off

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