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Citizen Detentions

The detention of U.S. citizens by ICE.

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Jan 16, 2026
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How many detained by ICE are legal immigrants?

As of late 2025 and early January 2026, ICE was holding roughly 69,000–70,000 people in custody, a historic high driven largely by the agency’s expanded interior arrests and detention expansion . Avai...

Jan 16, 2026
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What should a U.S. citizen do if ICE detains them after showing government ID?

If an ICE agent detains someone who presents U.S. government ID, the immediate priorities are to show valid proof of citizenship, calmly but firmly assert that one is a U.S. citizen, and invoke the ri...

Jan 22, 2026

How many ICE detainees are U.S. citizens.

Official U.S. government data do not provide a reliable, single-number answer to how many people held by are U.S. citizens; independent investigations and news compilations put the count of documented...

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