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by Rod Williams, Sept. 24, 2026- The man pictured here is Leo Garcia Venegas. He is an American citizen who was arrested in warrantless immigration raids on construction sites in southern Alabama. There was no reasonable suspicion that he was an illegal immigrant other than that he looks Hispanic. He has been detained and handcuffed three times by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, even though he had a valid REAL ID on all three occasions.
This is not the only case of this happening. One example is that a North Carolina man who was arrested last year by immigration officers despite having a valid REAL ID, then dumped on the side of the road once the officers confirmed he was a U.S. citizen.
It is unknown how often this occurs. I would assume most people just accept it and don't file a lawsuit to get justice. Many may be ill-equipped to seek justice, lacking the will or the finances. One has to assume that somewhere an American citizen is sitting in some African or Central American prison and no one knows where he is.
From the comments I see on Facebook and other sites and from hearing MAGA-types express their glee at the cruelty of Trump's immigration policy, I assume many Americans do not care if the occasional American is picked up and detained. Many of those who like this kind of cruelty claim to love America and have made an icon out to the Constitution, but if it is other people whose 4th and 5th Amendments are being violated, they are okay with it.
If you are okay with this type of thing happening, you should do some soul-searching. You should definitely stop claiming to love the Constitution; you don't. I am sure there are some people who celebrate this type of illegal, stormtrooper-type behavior who do love America. They love in a blood-and-soil manner, but do not love the creedal nation that is America, and the America that was that shining city on a hill.
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