A construction worker in Baldwin County was arrested by ICE last Wednesday after officials claimed his proof of U.S. citizenship was fake.

Leonardo Garcia Venegas, 25, was arrested at a work site in Foley as part of an immigration raid. A video of the arrest spread on social media and shows Venegas being wrestled to the ground by authorities, handcuffed and detained. The video also appears to show an agent holding down another worker.

“He’s a citizen! What you’re doing is illegal!” a bystander can be heard saying in the recording.

In an interview with Noticias Telemundo, Venegas said authorities confiscated his ID from his wallet, telling him it was fake before handcuffing him.

“They took out my wallet, took out my ID, and they told me it was fake,” Venegas told Noticias Telemundo. “Said it wasn’t valid and that it was fake. My ID. They handcuffed me, and they handcuffed me really tight.”

Venegas, who was born in Florida, told Telemundo he tried to record the incident before an agent grabbed his phone and threw it to the ground. According to the Latin Times, Venegas told agents to check his Social Security number, which he said would show he is a U.S. citizen. After being held for hours, he was released. When he returned to the construction site, he found ICE had detained several other workers, including his 34-year-old brother, who is reportedly in the country illegally.

In a statement shared with Gulf Coast Media by ICE, Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said Venegas interfered with the arrest of an immigrant who was in the country illegally.

“During a targeted worksite operation, this individual attempted to obstruct and prevent the lawful arrest of an illegal alien,” McLaughlin said. “He physically got in between agents and the subject they were attempting to arrest and refused to comply with numerous verbal commands. Anyone who actively obstructs law enforcement in the performance of their sworn duties, including U.S. citizens, will of course face consequences, which include arrest.”

It does not appear there have been charges brought against him.

“He was actually pretty sore when he got back,” Garcia Venegas’ cousin, Shelah Venegas, told NBC News. “He said his arms were hurting, and his hands. His wrists — you could see where he had all the marks from the handcuffs. … The way they put him on the ground, his knees also were hurting.”

Under U.S. law, REAL ID is the identification U.S. citizens are now required to hold in order to travel through airports and enter federal buildings. It is considered a higher-security form of identification than that a previous driver's license. Since May 7, REAL ID has been required for all official purposes within the country, including boarding commercial aircraft.

“Apparently, a REAL ID is not valid anymore. He has a REAL ID,” his cousin said. “We all made sure we have the REAL ID and went through the protocols the administration is asking for. … He has his REAL ID, and then they see him, and I guess because his English isn’t fluent and/or because he’s brown, it’s fake — it’s not real.”

The arrest is part of a wider trend of immigration crackdowns across the United States. President Donald Trump has promised "mass deportations," which has sparked several legal battles. In a high-profile case, a man named Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident, garnered national attention after he and other detainees were sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Despite the Supreme Court ruling that Garcia’s deportation was illegal, the Trump Administration has argued that it is not obligated to arrange his release and return.

Shelah Venegas said Venegas’ brother had previously signed deportation papers to avoid sharing the same fate as another family member who spent months in a detention center in Louisiana. She also said her family owns a large contracting company, but some people are refusing to show up to work due to the current climate.

“It’s just insane we can’t be different, the color that we are. We contribute to this country the same way every other citizen does with their taxes,” she said. “But we have to be the ones that every time we go to work, we are going to be scared that we’re going to get discriminated [against].”