Overview

• DHS posted on Sep. 17 that George Retes "became violent" and that CBP arrested him for assault during the July 10 Glass House Farms operation.
• Reporting to date has found no assault charge filed in any jurisdiction and DHS has not identified where or when such a case exists.
• Retes and his attorney deny the allegation and say the claim surfaced one day after his op-ed describing his detention.
• Video and eyewitness accounts describe agents smashing his car window, using pepper spray and pinning him before he was held three days and released without explanation.
• ICE denied a Sep. 18 FOIA request about the operation as an appeal proceeds, and Retes has filed a Federal Tort Claims Act action over his detention.