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Documented instances of citizens by immigration authorities span decades and include high-profile litigated cases, settlements, and alarming administrative failures; scholars and advocates estimate hu...
The historical record shows multiple documented instances where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and related DHS components detained, and in some cases deported, people later determined ...
by are a documented, recurring problem rather than isolated anomalies: newsroom investigations and watchdog reports have identified dozens to hundreds of cases, and officials and lawyers say systemic ...
Documented instances of U.S. citizens being wrongfully identified, detained and in some cases removed by immigration authorities are numerous enough to have drawn congressional letters, Government Acc...
Yes — documented evidence and multiple watchdog reports show that U.S. citizens have been arrested, detained, and in some cases deported after being misidentified by immigration authorities, even as t...
Detaining U.S. citizens without probable cause exposes ICE agents and the agency to a mix of legal, administrative, and political consequences, but accountability is uneven in practice. Recent lawsuit...
citizens mistakenly detained or deported by have secured a mix of remedies—court-ordered releases, declaratory judgments of citizenship, monetary settlements, and administrative corrections of immigra...
Yes — federal records, a Government Accountability Office review and multiple documented individual cases establish that by immigration authorities in the past decade, though the exact scope is contes...
citizen is detained by despite presenting a driver’s license or passport, immediate remedies include asserting citizenship, demanding release if not lawfully detained, requesting counsel, documenting ...
U.S. citizens have been mistakenly detained and at times expelled; documented cases include Mark Daniel Lyttle, who was deported in 2008 and later settled for $175,000 (ACLU reporting) , and governmen...
A recent investigative wave documents , with cases ranging from short-term detention without counsel to long-term imprisonment and deportation, prompting calls for accountability and reform . Simultan...