Leo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen born in Florida who works in construction in Baldwin County, Alabama, has been detained by federal immigration officers three separate times in under a year despite presenting a valid Alabama REAL ID each time. In the first incident, armed officers stormed a Foley construction site, pinned him to the ground, and held him for over an hour before verifying his identity; he was later detained again at a job site and a third time outside his own home, where he was tackled, handcuffed, and shackled. A federal judge in the Southern District of Alabama has allowed his lawsuit against DHS officials, including Tom Homan and Kristi Noem, to proceed, rejecting the government's motion to dismiss. Venegas, represented by the Institute for Justice, testified in court that 'I don't feel free.'