I have all the proof to prove I'm a citizen. My license plate is a disabled veteran.

I have a sticker on my windshield that says Iraq combat veteran. My ID says veteran on it.

And so I let them know I could provide proof I'm a citizen. They didn't care.

That's George Redis describing the moment immigration agents arrested him despite his being a U.S. citizen.

Redis was on his way into work as a security guard at a cannabis

farm north of Los Angeles. Immigration agents were conducting a raid at the farm that day. A crowd of

protesters had gathered and a line of agents had blocked the road leading to the farm. They forced

Redis to reverse his car. Then they tried to disperse the protest. They threw tear gas behind my car, and they just engulfed my car in tear gas and smoke. I wasn't able to see in general my eyes were watery. I was coughing. I couldn't catch my breath. Redis said he was trapped in his car as agents approached it, shouting at him, and broke his driver's side window. An agent sticks his arm through and pepper sprays me in the face.

No questions.

And they dragged me out of the car and I basically go into a rag doll, let them do whatever they want.

I'm not trying to fight. I'm not trying to resist.

The Department of Homeland Security later said Redis was arrested because he became violent and refused to comply with law enforcement.

Here's what Redis says.

It's a complete lie.

He was taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles.

He spent three days there.

I ask for a lawyer. I ask for a phone call.

They just completely ignore it.

Despite DHS's claims that Redis was violent, he was never charged with a crime.

Redis is one of at least 170 U.S. citizens who have been arrested or detained by immigration agents

since President Trump took office, according to a recent ProPublica report,

and PR has not independently confirmed that tally.

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