As immigration raids have swept the country, it’s not just immigrants who have been kidnapped and detained. American citizens have also been caught up in the Trump administration’s draconian policies .

Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a US citizen living in Alabama, was forcibly detained in May by immigration authorities while at a construction worksite. When confronted, Garcia Venegas told authorities that he was a citizen and showed them his Alabama REAL ID , his lawyers claim. But that didn’t stop the authorities from tackling Garcia Venegas to the ground and putting him in handcuffs, they allege. In a court filing, Garcia Venegas says that he was kept handcuffed in the back of a car “in the hot Alabama sun” for over an hour.

Less than a month later, Garcia Venegas says, he was det

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