A U.S. citizen who in October was dragged from her SUV by masked federal immigration agents in West Town testified before a congressional public forum in Washington Tuesday that she has experienced panic attacks and daily nightmares after being held in federal custody.

“What happened to me that day is not an arrest,” Dayanne Figueroa said. “It was an assault and a kidnapping of a U.S. citizen. I was never arrested. I was never charged and never given an explanation or an apology. But the damage is done, and it continues.”

Figueroa was one of five U.S. citizens who offered their accounts during a bicameral public forum, despite the U.S. Department of Homeland Security repeatedly claiming they are not arresting U.S. citizens.

The witnesses included Wilmer Chavarria, a school superintenden

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