Army veteran sues federal government after ICE detains him for three days
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- Army veteran George Retes, a 26-year-old US citizen, has filed a lawsuit against the federal government after being detained for three days without charges or access to legal counsel during an ICE raid in Ventura County, California.
- Retes was arrested on July 10 while commuting to work as a security guard; agents broke his car window and detained him without checking his ID, holding him at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles without explanation.
- The lawsuit, supported by the Institute for Justice, challenges the constitutionality of Retes’s detention and targets multiple federal agencies including ICE, CBP, the FBI, and the US Navy.
- Legal experts acknowledge the difficulty of suing federal officials due to immunity protections and Supreme Court
