Overview

• Leo Garcia Venegas filed a federal class-action lawsuit in the Southern District of Alabama, represented by the Institute for Justice.
• The suit seeks to block DHS/ICE enforcement practices at private worksites and to recover damages for Venegas and a proposed class.
• The complaint alleges masked officers entered construction sites without warrants, targeted Latino workers, and twice detained Venegas despite his Alabama REAL ID.
• According to the filing and video, officers wrestled Venegas to the ground in May as he said he was a citizen, with detentions lasting roughly 20–60 minutes until verification.
• DHS did not immediately comment, and the filing follows recent Supreme Court action affecting limits on appearance-based stops in Los Angeles.