Ice Detains U.S. Citizen Claiming His Real ID was Fake

Sunday, May 25, 2025

A video shows a US-born citizen being wrestled to the ground by three officials as he yells 'I'm a citizen' at a construction site in Alabama.

Posted by retort at 09:32 AM | 9 COMMENTS | permalink

ALABAMA: Leonardo Garcia Venegas is an American Citizen. He had a "Real ID". It didn't matter -- because to Trump's American Gestapo, brown is brown.
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-- The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) May 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM

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Ice Detains U.S. Citizen Claiming His Real ID was Fake

What does this bode for those of use carrying Fake ID?

#1 | Posted by censored at 2025-05-25 10:27 AM

We should probably detain these ICE agents, and waterboard them until they tell us who ordered them to arrest this US citizen.

And thank God it was discovered BEFORE he was sent off to third world hell-hole.

#2 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-05-25 10:38 AM

No racial profiling here. Nope.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-25 10:58 AM

Can't be true. MAGATS on this site keep telling us that all you have to to do is show your papers and they will leave you be.

#4 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-05-25 11:10 AM

I hope Mr Venegas sues the Federal Government for illegally detaining him and denying him his freedom of press.

#5 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-05-25 11:12 AM

The White House needs to answer the question of how close this American born citizen came to being shipped to a secret prison in a foreign country where from which there is no return. What if he had refused to provide his social security number, which is not legally required to do? Would he have received due process or would Trump have just sent him away?

#6 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-05-25 11:19 AM

"The U.S. government's use of ICE is reminiscent of how governments in countries like Venezuela and Nicaragua have used police and paramilitary units loyal to the president with impunity to suppress dissent."

Alternet

#7 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2025-05-25 11:25 AM

Republican Free Zone.

This is something JeffJ and Boaz said would never happen.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-25 02:18 PM

"Republican Free Zone."

Tell them there are free knives and guns available.

There will be a line to get in.

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-25 02:24 PM

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