Leo Feler, an American citizen and homeowner in Chicago, was away on a business trip when he received an alert from his Ring doorbell. What he saw when he answered left him traumatized as he watched masked, heavily armed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents raid, search, and damage his property\u2014all without a warrant and in violation of his constitutional rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Last fall, during the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Operation Midway Blitz, Feler hired a reputable contractor to have the windows and siding replaced on his home, a three-unit residential building on the city’s north side, according to a <\/span>lawsuit<\/span><\/a> filed in federal court by the Institute for Justice (IJ), a public interest law firm. Four workers were subcontracted to work on Feler’s home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“I didn’t know their immigration status, and I didn’t ask,” Feler said in a <\/span>video<\/span><\/a> published by IJ. But according to his attorney, Feler’s Fourth Amendment rights don’t depend on who is working on his house.<\/span><\/p>\n