Americans Keep Getting Caught Up In Immigration Raids
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Leo Garcia Venegas and George Retes were simply trying to work, when they got ensnared by dragnet federal immigration raids. Even though both men identified themselves as U.S. citizens, multiple agents aggressively detained them—in Leo’s case two separate times and in George’s case for three days. Now, as more citizens get swept up in these raids, Leo and George are standing up for their rights with IJ.
We’re here with IJ attorneys Jared McClain and Jaba Tsitsuashvili to discuss how current immigration raids are enabling warrantless government trespassing, arrests without probable cause, and other abuses of the Constitution.
To be clear, these cases aren’t about whether the government can enforce immigration laws. They’re about whether or not the government has to follow the Constitution, federal law, and its own regulations when it does.
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