U.S. Citizen Sues ICE After Repeated Arrests in Alabama Construction Raids
Leo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen, is suing the Trump administration over warrantless construction site raids conducted by federal immigration agents. The lawsuit alleges that immigration officers target Latino workers without probable cause, violating Fourth Amendment rights. Venegas was detained twice in construction site raids, despite providing valid identification. The Institute for Justice, representing Venegas, argues that the Department of Homeland Security’s policies authorize these illegal actions, allowing agents to detain workers based on ethnicity and disregard evidence of citizenship. The lawsuit seeks to stop these “dragnet raids” and obtain damages for the constitutional violations.
John Q. Hosedrinker