When Michael Schulze stepped outside his Henderson home in the early hours of June 18, something felt off.

An unmarked car sat parked outside the Green Valley residence, and another lurked across the street, his wife, Alena Olaes, said. As he began his drive, both vehicles pulled out behind him. He was being followed.

Schulze executed a sharp U-turn and retreated to his driveway. But the vehicles continued to trail him, and moments later, federal immigration agents — armed with weapons and wearing masks — moved in to detain him.

The confrontation revealed a stark dispute over his identity: Schulze claims he’s an American citizen; immigration authorities want to return him to his birth country of Canada over a previous drug conviction.

There was no indication the people following him we

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