Leonardo Venegas Case: DHS Says Alabama Man Obstructed ICE Arrest After Damning Video Emerges

DHS: US Citizen Detained for Obstructing Arrest of Illegal Immigrant

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Saturday defended its detention of a Florida-born citizen who allegedly interfered during a targeted immigration enforcement operation. He was released after being restrained and questioned over his response to the arrest of his brother, an illegal immigrant. Leonardo Garcia Venegas, 25, was detained on May 21 by federal immigration authorities while at his worksite in Foley, Alabama. Video of the arr…

ICE Detains US-Born Worker, Calls His Real ID Fake, During Workplace Immigration Raid

Leonardo Garcia Venegas was born in Florida. But that didn’t stop immigration agents from handcuffing him, throwing him to the ground, and accusing him of carrying a fake ID during a raid on his job site in Alabama. Garcia Venegas, 25, was working a construction job in Foley when federal agents stormed the site as part of an immigration crackdown. When he pulled out his phone and started filming them arresting other workers, agents turned on him…

Trump’s ICE Detains U.S. Citizen, Claiming His REAL ID Was Fake

ICE officials detained a U.S.-born construction worker in Tennessee despite his legal identification.

Leonardo Venegas case: DHS says Alabama man obstructed ICE arrest after damning video emerges

The Leonardo Garcia Venegas case took a major turn after DHS revealed that ICE agents were not trying to arrest the Alabama man.

US citizen detained by ICE and told his REAL ID is "fake"

Leonardo García Venegas, a U.S. citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE despite presenting a valid license.