“I just want to live in peace,” says Leonardo Garcia Venegas.
“I just want to live in peace,” says Leonardo Garcia Venegas
Published
May 24, 2026 6:00AM (EDT)
An ICE patch and badge are seen on a DHS agent during Vice President JD Vance's visit to Minneapolis on Jan. 22, 2026. (Jim Watson - Pool/Getty Images)
This article originally appeared on ProPublica.
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