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Coral Murphy Marcos

Army veteran sues federal government after ICE detains him for three days

a man sitting on a bed
George Retes was arrested on his way to his job as a security guard at a farm in Ventura county, California. Photograph: Courtesy of Institute for Justice

An army veteran detained by federal immigration agents in southern California during his work commute in July has filed a lawsuit against the federal government.

According to the lawsuit, filed on Wednesday with the help of the non-profit law firm Institute for Justice, George Retes was held in a detention center for three days without access to his family, an attorney, or any information about the charges against him, in what the suit argues was an unconstitutional detention.

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