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I'm pretty sure he was not detained. And, I'm pretty sure that just overstaying staying a visa is not actually a crime. I'm pretty sure that entering their car without a warrant for arrest like that is a crime, and gives a reasonable person fear of imminent bodily harm or death.
There's at least cause for a citizens arrest at that point, and while you're not supposed to remove the person you're citizens arresting from the area... driving off to a police station is perhaps the most logically "okay" exception to that.
whatever comes out of this in the courts is going to be fucking metal, though.
The biggest joke of all is that these guys are doing this to enforce shit that's a fucking misdemeanor at best.
Careful, don't give them any ideas now...