Judge Orders ICE to Halt Warrantless Construction Raids After Alabama Worker Detained Twice
The order pauses three Homeland Security practices after the judge said agents likely violated the Fourth Amendment and detained a U.S. citizen twice at work.
- On Monday, Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Beaverstock temporarily blocked three Department of Homeland Security policies enabling warrantless raids at construction sites in southern Alabama, ruling they likely violated Fourth Amendment rights.
- U.S. citizen Leo Garcia Venegas brought the lawsuit after being detained three times by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at construction sites, despite presenting a valid Alabama STAR ID as proof of citizenship.
- Rejecting the government's 'open field' argument, Beaverstock wrote he was 'not convinced that a construction site' is constitutionally subpar to other environments where workers maintain a reasonable expectation of privacy.
- Institute for Justice senior attorney Jared McClain called the order 'a huge blow to DHS's lawless enforcement practices,' while Venegas said he can finally work 'without worrying that I will be arrested for no reason.'
- As the class-action lawsuit proceeds, federal authorities must comply with the stay, though government lawyers previously argued in court filings that the challenged policies do not exist.
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Judge orders ICE to halt warrantless construction raids after Alabama worker detained twice
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A federal judge issued an order Monday blocking ICE from raiding private construction sites without a warrant and from indiscriminately detaining people, saying both of those practices are likely unlawful.
Juez federal limita redadas de ICE en obras de construcción sin una orden judicial
(LPL) – Un juez federal ordenó temporalmente a las autoridades migratorias limitar la manera en que agentes de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) pueden ingresar y detener trabajadores en obras de construcción del sur de Alabama, mientras continúa en los tribunales una demanda que cuestiona las prácticas utilizadas durante estos operativos. La orden del […]
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FILE - A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
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