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Available reporting and government reviews establish that U.S. citizens have been arrested, detained and — in at least 70 documented cases between 2015 and 2020 — deported in error; watchdogs and news...
and lawsuits show that people who are legally in the , including some who are U.S. citizens, have been wrongly detained and in documented instances deported; the scale is contested because federal age...
Yes — U.S. citizens have been mistakenly detained and, in numerous documented instances, deported; watchdogs, courts and civil-rights groups say these errors arise from agency missteps, inconsistent p...
Yes — multiple documented cases show the U.S. has deported people who were later shown to be U.S. citizens or who courts and watchdogs deemed removed in error, though the true scope is uncertain becau...
A series of documented cases shows that U.S. citizens have been ; named, court-adjudicated examples include and , and reporting and legal clinics identify others such as , , , and as people who were r...
Documented cases of U.S. citizens being wrongfully detained and, in some instances, deported in recent years are well-established in legal filings, news investigations and advocacy reports; researcher...
Documented incidents and legal challenges show U.S. citizens — including children and at least one adult with disabilities — have been detained and in some cases deported or sent abroad amid 2024–25 e...
A series of investigations and reports show that U.S. citizens have been detained and, in some cases, deported by U.S. immigration authorities across multiple years, with documented incidents ranging ...
Yes — documented instances exist where were mistakenly detained and in multiple cases expelled from the country, and watchdogs, courts and civil-rights groups say these are not isolated anecdotes but ...
Federal records and audits do confirm that U.S. citizens have been mistakenly targeted by since 2010, but the only formal federal audit covering recent years (the ) documents a narrow slice: from fisc...
Recent reporting and litigation from 2023–2025 show multiple documented instances where people were detained or removed in error, including a 2023 ACLU case in which U.S. citizen Mark Lyttle was wrong...
Wrongful deportation victims have a few legal paths to restore status: litigation against the government for wrongful removal and seeking readmission or waivers for formerly deported noncitizens; in c...
Available reporting and watchdog work documents multiple instances in which immigration agents arrested, detained, or in some cases deported people later shown to be U.S. citizens; a 2024–2025 wave of...
Documented instances and court findings show that citizens have been mistakenly detained and in some cases deported in recent years, and reporting from multiple outlets and organizations ties a spike ...
Documented cases show that have been mistakenly arrested, detained and in some instances deported by immigration authorities; government and independent audits count hundreds of encounters and dozens ...
U.S. citizens wrongly deported can seek correction, return and sometimes money through lawsuits and administrative fixes; courts have ordered the government to bring back at least four deported people...
Documented cases show that U.S. citizens have been wrongly detained and, in a smaller number of confirmed instances, deported; independent counts and court orders indicate at least dozens of wrongful ...
Federal and advocacy reporting in 2025 shows some U.S. citizens were wrongfully detained and at least several were deported and later returned; legal remedies ranged from individual civil suits that p...
Families of U.S. citizens who believe a relative was wrongfully deported can pursue courts, lawsuits seeking damages, diplomatic or administrative readmission, and advocacy support — successful federa...
U.S. citizens have been wrongly detained and in a limited number of cases deported; courts and advocacy groups show some people later secured money or other remedies while others received nothing due ...