A US citizen filed suit against the federal government alleging he was improperly arrested and detained twice by immigration officials as they unlawfully targeted Latino workers at Alabama construction sites, despite providing them with his proof of legal status.
The case, filed on Tuesday in federal court as a potential class action, was brought on behalf of Leonardo Garcia Venegas, an American-born construction worker who claimed he’s been detained twice this year during workplace raids. During one incident, Garcia Venegas alleged that officers initially dismissed his identification document as “fake” and kept him in handcuffs for more than an ...