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American politician (born 1965)
Coverage in the supplied documents shows multiple members of Congress publicly demanding resignations in 2025—primarily of Trump administration officials rather than President Trump himself—and at lea...
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...
ICE policy and federal law say the agency does not have authority to arrest or deport U.S. citizens, yet multiple recent reports and lawsuits show citizens have been stopped, detained and—rarely—mista...
The claim that "Rep Payapal was not a US citizen prior to being elected to congresa" conflates a misspelled name with verifiable facts about Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal: . Public biographies and her...
Federal law and ICE policy say the agency does not have authority to deport U.S. citizens and its written guidance directs caution when a person claims citizenship; nevertheless, reporting and congres...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett is identified in multiple profiles as a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and "a progressive" . Quantitative trackers show she cosponsored many bills (third-most amo...
A small but persistent minority of members of Congress were born outside the present-day United States; counts vary by methodology but recent authoritative tallies show a handful of naturalized lawmak...
Lawmakers have pursued a mix of abolition rhetoric, targeted reforms, and incremental constraints on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with specific bills introduced at both federal and state...
Reports and agency data show ICE arrests, detentions and removals rose sharply in 2025 and that there are documented cases — and multiple news and congressional sources alleging a growing pattern — of...
The 119th Congress includes a measurable cohort of foreign‑born members: congressional research and Pew data show 26 Representatives and six Senators were born outside the United States, and roughly 1...
Democrats did press for more Epstein‑related transparency both before and during Joe Biden’s presidency, but their public calls varied in intensity because of legal limits, court‑ordered releases, and...
The Democratic legislative effort in 2023–2024 centers on the HEAL for Immigrant Families Act, a bicameral proposal that would notably , with sponsors including Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Nan...
Since 2020, reporters and lawmakers have documented specific congressional efforts to block ICE from detaining or deporting U.S. citizens — most prominently H.R. 4456, the “Stop ICE from Kidnapping U....
A recent wave of reporting and Congressional letters shows that , typically because automated database matches, racial profiling, or procedural failures led agents to treat citizens as noncitizens; th...
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...
Multiple U.S. strikes during the Biden presidency—most prominently the January 2024 U.S.–UK airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen—were publicly challenged by members of Congress as having been carried...
Pramila Jayapal has publicly criticized claims about Democrats favoring broad taxpayer-funded health coverage for undocumented immigrants and has sponsored legislation to expand immigrant access to ca...
Progressive House Democrats have publicly signaled they will , prioritizing protections for asylum seekers and broader immigration reform over a quick continuing resolution, while moderate and Senate ...
U.S. citizens do not lack constitutional protections if ICE questions or tries to detain them: federal law and civil‑rights groups say ICE has no authority to civilly detain citizens for immigration v...
If ICE appears at your home, most legal-rights guides say do not open the door and ask to see a judicial warrant — ICE’s administrative “Form I‑200” does not by itself authorize entry (see ACLU of Vir...