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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Clarizza Potoy

Engineer Sues ICE After Agents Allegedly Smashed His Car Window and Dragged Him Out in Maine

An engineer has filed a suit against federal immigration agents after allegedly being pulled from his car in Portland, Maine (Credit: usicegov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

A Colombian civil engineer is suing federal immigration agents after allegedly being pulled from his car during a January enforcement operation in Portland, Maine.

Juan Sebastián Carvajal-Muñoz, who works in the US on a valid H-1B visa, alleged that the masked agents smashed his driver's-side window with a crowbar, pointed a Taser at him, handcuffed him and drove him across state lines before releasing him hours later, after an agent allegedly confirmed that he held valid H-1B status.

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