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ProPublica’s October 16–17, 2025 investigation found that inside the United States, including nearly 20 children and at least two children with cancer, and concluded the government does not centrally ...
President Obama did not order the wrongful deportation of lawful U.S. citizens; the materials provided show no evidence of Obama administering removals of people who held legal citizenship and instead...
ICE may enter a U.S. citizen’s home without a judicial warrant only in very limited, constitutionally recognized circumstances, but recent lawsuits and reported raids in 2025 allege that ICE frequentl...
Legal permanent residents, green card applicants, and in some documented cases U.S. citizens have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in recent months, with news reports do...
A multi-source review of the provided reporting finds in which U.S. citizens were arrested or detained by immigration agents between 2010 and 2025, and the cases collectively point to recurring causes...
U.S. citizens can be detained temporarily by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during immigration enforcement actions even if they do not have a passport on them; several recent cases show cit...
Multiple high-profile Fourth Amendment disputes involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2025 fall into two streams: Supreme Court-level cases testing warrantless entry and the stan...
Individuals can and do pursue legal claims for damages connected to wrongful identification or detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), using mechanisms ranging from federal tort claims...
There is no definitive number in the provided reporting that counts how many U.S. citizens have filed lawsuits against ICE for wrongful detention since 2020; available sources document multiple indivi...
The core claim across recent reporting is that , sometimes after presenting identification, raising questions about racial profiling, due process, and agency accountability. Reporting between Septembe...
Recent reporting and litigation show that US citizens detained during ICE operations face contested protections, with multiple allegations that agents sometimes detain citizens despite proof of status...
ICE has repeatedly detained U.S. citizens in recent months, with multiple media investigations and personal accounts documenting cases where citizens were arrested and forced to prove their status bef...
Federal agents can detain individuals in public under limited circumstances tied to or specific statutory authority, but the available reporting shows contested applications of that power when immigra...
US citizens have constitutional protections when interacting with ICE, including the , limitations on warrantless entries into homes, and challenges to unlawful detentions that can trigger Fourth Amen...
The sources provided do not produce a single, authoritative count of , but they document multiple individual incidents, lawsuits, and reporting gaps that together show . Reporting from 2025 highlights...
U.S. citizens who say ICE wrongfully arrested or detained them typically bring civil claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), federal civil-rights statutes (notably Bivens-like actions or §198...
A multi-outlet investigation documents that by immigration agents during the opening months of the current administration, with numerous reports of improper treatment, racial profiling, and denials of...
The central claim — that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can detain a U.S. citizen without a court order — is both supported and constrained by recent reporting and court actions: multiple d...
A July 2021 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report documented that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 674, detained 121, and removed 70 *potential* U.S. citizens from fiscal 201...
ProPublica and multiple outlets have documented more than 170 instances in 2025 alone in which people who identify as U.S. citizens were detained by immigration agents, and watchdogs report that betwe...