here's kirsten joyce with the story. >> the husband is a commercial truck driver, pulled over this morning at a weight scale check stop. he was asked to show his documents. handed over his commercial vehicle's driver's license and provide a social security number. but according to him that wasn't enough. >> then he came and said, i need your birth certificate, and then i said, i said it's at my house. >> reporter: that's when he said officers handcuffed him, placing him in a van, transporting him here to the immigration and customs enforcement building in phoenix off central avenue. >> i can't imagine what he felt being put in the vehicle. people watching like he was some type of criminal. >> reporter: his wife says she was contacted and told to retrieve his birth certificate. she asked the agent why her husband had been detained and was told -- >> because he didn't answer the questions correctly. he stated that, you know, his mother is in mexico currently, that's where she lives, and i said is it a crime for his mother to be in mexico? and he said it is not but he just said it would be su