VENTURA, Calif.- A U.S. citizen and Army veteran detained during the Glass House cannabis farm ICE raid in July is responding to a Homeland Security social media post that followed an opinion piece he wrote that was published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Sept. 16th about his three day detainment.
The op-ed was entitled “I’m a U.S. Citizen who was wrongly arrested and held by ICE. Here’s why you could be next.”
The next day, on Sept. 17th Homeland Security @DHSgov wrote in part that “George Retes became violent and refused to comply with law enforcement. He challenged agents and blocked their route by refusing to move his vehicle out of the road. CBP arrested Retes for assault. U.S. citizens are NOT “wrongfully” being arrested by ICE.”…