Jared McClain
Role at the time: Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice, counsel for Leo Garcia Venegas
Condemned
Statement summary
Institute for Justice senior attorney Jared McClain condemned DHS's construction-site raid practices as the lawsuit was filed, describing agents as detaining workers based on appearance rather than individualized evidence.
“Armed and masked federal officers are raiding private construction sites in Alabama, detaining whoever they think looks undocumented”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)U.S. Citizen's Lawsuit Demands an End to Unconstitutional Raids and Detentions at Alabama Construction Sites · Institute for Justicefull press release
Institute for Justice's own press release announcing the filing of Venegas v. Homan, with details of the two pre-filing detentions and quotes from Venegas and IJ attorney Jared McClain.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
McClain's statement directly condemns DHS's construction-site raid and detention practices as the product of profiling by appearance rather than lawful, individualized suspicion — the conduct under scrutiny in this case.