Possible Arizona immigration officials posed as city utility workers while attempting to detain an undocumented immigrant at his home, a witness to the altercation claims.

Two men dressed as electric company workers turned up in a south Tucson neighborhood Wednesday morning and began asking residents if they knew a Honduran man who lived on the street for over a decade, the Arizona Daily Star reported .

The men claimed to be from Tucson Electric Power (TED) and told neighbors they were trying to provide the man with city services he’d asked for, neighbor Christine Cariño told the outlet. 4

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“He said, ‘We’re trying to find somebody that wanted a free estimate,’” claimed Cariño, who was watering her plants across the street.

But she claimed the men were not wearing proper TED

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