Army Veteran Says He Was Wrongfully Detained in ICE Raid, Plans to Sue

A U.S. Army veteran says he was snatched up, manhandled, and tossed in a cell for days in an immigration raid in California — despite being a U.S. citizen.

George Retes, a 25-year-old security guard at a cannabis farm, told “TMZ Live” Thursday he was trying to get to work last week when ICE agents surrounded his car during a protest in Camarillo, northwest of L.A., last week … shouting conflicting commands at him before smashing in his driver’s side window and dragging him out.

Catch the full clip … ’cause George details the tense chain of events that followed, saying it all happened so quickly, he didn’t even get a chance to show my ID or explain he was a U.S. citizen — and a former member of the military.

Retes claims he was hauled to a federal facility in downtown L.A. and placed on suicide watch for 3 days — never told why he was there, and never offered basic care.

When he was finally released, officers told him there were no charges against him … and simply sent him on his way with no transportation home.