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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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José Olivares

US citizen detained by immigration officials who dismissed his Real ID as fake

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Leonardo Garcia Venegas yelled out ‘I’m a citizen!’ as officials wrestled him to the ground. Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP

Authorities wrestled a US-born citizen to the ground, cuffed him and dismissed his so-called Real ID as “fake” during an arrest operation targeting undocumented people on Wednesday under the direction of the Trump administration, according to a viral video and reporting by Telemundo.

Leonardo Garcia Venegas, 25, was at his construction job in Foley, Alabama, when officials arrived to arrest workers there. Garcia Venegas – who was born in Florida to Mexican parents – began filming the arrests with his mobile phone before officials reportedly knocked the device out of his hand and tried to arrest him as well.

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