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@propublica found more than 170 U.S. citizens who have been held against their will by immigration agents. They’ve been kicked, dragged and detained for days.

Leonardo Garcia Venegas, 25, was working at a construction site in coastal Alabama when he saw masked immigration agents hop a fence and run by a “No trespassing” sign. Garcia Venegas recalled them moving toward the Latino workers. He started filming after his undocumented brother asked agents for a warrant. The agents yanked his brother to the ground, shoving his face into wet concrete. Garcia Venegas kept filming until officers grabbed him too and knocked his phone to the ground. They repeatedly tried to take him to the ground while he yelled, “I’m a citizen!”

Officers pulled out his REAL ID, which Alabama only issues to those legally in the U.S. But agents dismissed it as fake. Officers held Garcia Venegas handcuffed for more than an hour. His brother was later deported. Garcia Venegas was so shaken that he took two weeks off of work. Soon after he returned, he was working alone inside a nearly built house listening to music on his headphones when he sensed someone watching him. A masked immigration agent was standing in the bedroom doorway. Again, they dismissed his REAL ID and held him to check his citizenship. Garcia Venegas said agents also held two other workers who had legal status. (Reporting by immigration reporter Nicole Foy)