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1. U.S. Citizen Rafie Ollah Shouhed, the 79-year-old car wash owner in Van Nuys, California, was attacked, injured,

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Tue Nov 4, 2025, 04:11 PM

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detained for 12 hours and never charged with a crime. Shouhed has filed a $50 million tort claim alleging “illegal and unlawful assault and battery. The $50 million suit names the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, the Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“ 'The only thing that those ICE agents said to him, as three of them piled on top of him….They said, ‘You don’t f*** with ICE,” civil rights attorney V. James DeSimone, who is representing Shouhed, said during a Thursday press conference."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rafie-shouhed-lawsuit-ice-car-wash-b2833969.html

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