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He’s a citizen with a Real ID. ICE detained him anyway. Twice.

Leo Garcia Venegas’s experience shows why Trump’s immigration raids are unconstitutional.

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Leonardo Garcia Venegas in Baldwin County, Alabama. (Institute for Justice)
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Jared McClain is a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice and represents Leonardo Garcia Venegas in a federal class-action lawsuit.

Like most Americans, Leonardo Garcia Venegas wants to earn an honest living in peace. Unfortunately, he lives in fear that he’ll be arrested just for showing up to work.

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