A U.S. citizen who was arrested twice at work by federal agents is asking to expand his lawsuit to a class action case.

“Americans have a right to work free from the looming threat of unlawful searches and seizures,” the complaint, filed Monday, states.

Leonardo Garcia Venegas is a construction worker from Baldwin County who was arrested on two separate job sites this year by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

In his suit, originally filed in federal court in September, Venegas alleges the officers refused to accept his REAL ID as proof of his citizenship on two separate occasions, claiming it was fake, and detained him anyway.

Venegas claims he was detained twice, “simply for being at work.”

He is now asking a federal judge to make his lawsuit a class action. His laws

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