A U.S. citizen who was arrested by federal immigration agents and jailed for days before authorities dropped the case against him said he has been looking over his shoulder ever since he was taken into custody in June.
The federal case against Javier Ramirez was dismissed without prejudice last month, a temporary dismissal that would allow prosecutors to refile the same charges. The Montebello man was accused of attempting to run toward agents, citing one agent and resisting arrest when immigration authorities surrounded the area June 12 near a tow yard where he works.
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Ramirez said he told the agents he is a U.S. citizen, but that he was soon taken into custody and transported from the tow yard in an unmarked c