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United States Government Accountability Office

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Dec 22, 2025
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Have any US senators been named in official DOJ or Treasury reports regarding Venezuelan illicit finance?

No U.S. senator appears among the persons formally identified or sanctioned in the Department of the Treasury’s public Venezuela-related actions, and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reporti...

Jan 10, 2026
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Has ICE deported any US citizens

The short, evidence-backed answer is: yes—independent government review and multiple documented cases indicate that U.S. citizens have been deported or removed by U.S. immigration authorities, though ...

Nov 28, 2025
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Has ICE abducted or deported legal US citizens?

Available reporting and government reviews show that ICE has in multiple past instances detained and—according to a 2021 Government Accountability Office (GAO) finding—deported U.S. citizens (GAO coun...

Dec 2, 2025

Has ICE deported United States citizens?

Available reporting and government records show that ICE agents have in multiple documented cases arrested, detained and — in at least some instances reviewed by watchdogs and advocates — deported peo...

Nov 20, 2025

what american citizens have been deported by ICE?

Reporting and government documents show that U.S. immigration agents have detained dozens — and that some U.S. citizens have been deported or wrongfully removed — but the exact tally is unclear becaus...

Dec 13, 2025

How much has the USA contributed in aid to Ukraine and how much of this has gone toward updating the USA military?

The United States has committed roughly $174–175 billion in direct financial and security-related assistance to Ukraine through early 2025, of which about $66–69.7 billion is documented as U.S. milita...

Dec 2, 2025

Which states lead in Medicare and Medicaid fraud recoveries in 2024-2025?

Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs) reported record recoveries of about $1.4 billion in fiscal year 2024, driven largely by California’s unit, which accounted for roughly $513 million of that total (...

Nov 15, 2025

How many I.C.E. arrests were American citizens

Reporting from ProPublica and multiple news outlets finds at least about 170 U.S. citizens have been arrested or detained by immigration agents since President Trump’s second-term inauguration; NPR an...

Oct 11, 2025

How many US citizens have been detained by ICE since 2020 and later released?

The available reporting and governmental reviews indicate , but there is no single, publicly published ICE dataset that provides a precise tally of U.S. citizens detained and later released since 2020...

Oct 17, 2025

How has ICE funding changed under different presidential administrations since 2002?

Since the creation of DHS in 2003, funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has , with ICE’s budget growing from roughly $3.3 billion to about $9.6–$9.7 billion by FY2024–FY2025 and ...

Oct 21, 2025

Has trump broken any laws while in office

Donald Trump has been the subject of multiple judicial findings, administrative findings, indictments, and investigations that allege or determine unlawful conduct tied to actions while in office and ...

Oct 27, 2025

What percentage of US prisoners are illegal immigrants according to 2024 data?

Official data do not support a single, precise national percentage of U.S. prisoners who are unauthorized (illegal) immigrants for 2024; federal reporting covers only portions of the system, and , mak...

Jan 16, 2026

How many U.S. citizens have been detained or deported by ICE since 2020, and what official records document those incidents?

There is no authoritative, publicly published tally in the supplied records that enumerates how many U.S. citizens have been detained or deported by ICE since 2020; the federal datasets that do exist ...

Dec 6, 2025

Which states saw the largest changes in Medicaid fraud recoveries in 2024 and 2025 and why?

Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs) reported a combined $1.4 billion in recoveries for fiscal year 2024, driven largely by a record $961 million in criminal recoveries and unusually large criminal re...

Nov 16, 2025

Has Nancy Pelosi been accused of insider trading?

Allegations that Nancy Pelosi profited from insider trading have circulated for years, and recent high‑profile accusations — including from former President Donald Trump and a 2025 call for a GAO revi...

Jan 12, 2026

How many ICE detainees are U.S. citizens, and how are they identified in ICE datasets?

Available federal and third‑party reviews show that at least some people whom ICE arrested or detained in recent years were U.S. citizens, but public ICE datasets do not publish a clean, authoritative...

Nov 10, 2025

What was the extent of property damage during the January 6 Capitol riot?

The estimated dollar value of direct physical damage to the U.S. Capitol during the January 6, 2021 riot varies across official filings and later government tallies: early Justice Department and Archi...

Dec 2, 2025

Has ICE deported naturalized United States citizens?

Government watchdogs and multiple reporting find that ICE has, at times, arrested, detained and even deported people later determined to be U.S. citizens — including naturalized citizens — with a Gove...

Oct 11, 2025

How many US citizens have been deported without due process

The available reporting shows documented instances of U.S. citizens detained—and in some cases reportedly deported or separated from family—during immigration enforcement operations, but in the provid...

Nov 21, 2025

How many U.S. citizens were detained by ICE in recent years (annual breakdown)?

Available reporting shows ICE detention counts rose sharply from the Biden years into 2024–2025: TRAC and Vera data put the end‑of‑FY numbers at roughly 25,134 (FY2022), 32,743 (FY2023), ~37,000 (end ...