Overview
- Rafie Ollah Shouhed, 79, alleges masked federal agents shoved and body-slammed him during a Sept. 9 enforcement action at Valley Car Wash in Los Angeles.
- Surveillance video released by his attorneys appears to show agents knocking the U.S. citizen to the ground inside and outside the business.
- Shouhed says he was handcuffed, taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center, held nearly 12 hours without medical care, and released without charges.
- DHS says five undocumented immigrants were arrested and that the owner impeded officers, a characterization Shouhed and his lawyer dispute.
- The $50 million administrative claim names DHS, CBP, Border Patrol and ICE, with ICE telling one outlet it was not involved in the operation.