Overview
- Leo Feler filed the federal suit on July 28, 2026 after submitting Federal Tort Claims Act notices and waiting the required six months before going to court.
- The complaint says Border Patrol agents entered and searched Feler’s Lakeview home without a warrant while chasing construction workers, detained one worker, and deployed chemical agents against neighbors.
- The raid took place on Oct. 24, 2025, when masked federal officers pursuing multiple arrests in the Midway Blitz drove onto a residential block and chased workers through Feler’s gate, balcony and detached garage, the lawsuit says.
- ICE acknowledged that the officers were Border Patrol, while Border Patrol and DHS did not respond to Feler’s administrative claims, and the suit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages plus a court ruling that the entry was unconstitutional.
- Neighbors and Feler raised about $25,000 for the detained worker’s legal help and Feler paid the worker’s medical bills, and the case could test limits on warrantless residential immigration enforcement and agency accountability.