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During an oversight committee hearing this week, Sen. Richard Blumenthal “introduced” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to three U.S. citizens detained by immigration officials. In the hearing, Noem did not answer a question from Blumenthal asking if she has met any of the U.S. citizens detained or arrested by immigration officials. Blumenthal proceeded to introduce her to three such citizens including Leonardo Garcia Venegas who was arrested twice by ICE in south Alabama last year. “Do you know what your agents did to Leo Venegas? I’ll tell you,” Blumenthal said. “On May 21 of last year, they entered the private property at a house that he was constructing without consent, without a warrant, illegally. Again, on June 12, they entered private property, a home where he was doing construction. He is a United States citizen, born in Florida. They seized him and ignored and disregarded his proof of citizenship.” The DHS later posted on social media that “Leon...

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