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Civil Liberties and Immigration

The topic is about the intersection of civil liberties and immigration, including issues of racial profiling, detention, and accountability.

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Jan 14, 2026
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How did the ICE budget change during the Barack Obama presidency?

During Barack Obama’s presidency the federal government continued to pour substantial resources into immigration enforcement, with ICE’s enforcement programs receiving billions annually and specific e...

Jan 23, 2026
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What legal challenges were brought against Obama-era expedited deportation policies and what were their outcomes?

’s expansion of prompted multiple high-profile legal challenges from , states and advocacy coalitions that argued the practices violated the Immigration and Nationality Act and Constitution; some suit...

Jan 24, 2026
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What has the ACLU’s class-action complaint in Minnesota alleged and what remedies is it seeking?

’s class-action complaint filed in federal court in alleges that federal immigration agents—principally and —have carried out suspicionless stops, warrantless arrests, racial profiling, and other unco...

Jan 13, 2026

Have U.S. citizens ever been wrongfully detained or nearly deported by immigration authorities, and where are those cases documented?

Yes — U.S. citizens have been wrongfully detained and, in documented instances, deported or nearly deported by federal immigration authorities; a growing body of investigative reporting, congressional...

Jan 20, 2026

Can ICE detain US citizens based on the color of their skin?

Multiple news investigations, civil-rights lawsuits and advocacy reports document instances where U.S. citizens of color say they were stopped, questioned or briefly held by ICE or CBP agents after be...

Jan 27, 2026

Did Donald Trump threaten to revoke citizenship from Americans?

Yes — has publicly threatened to revoke or “” the citizenship of certain Americans, repeatedly saying he would do so “absolutely” or “if I have the power,” and naming both naturalized immigrants and p...

Jan 22, 2026

How did Obama-era DHS balance ICE agent safety with civil liberties and community policing?

-era pursued a mixed strategy that tightened officer safety and enforcement capacity while rhetorically and sometimes operationally trying to narrow enforcement priorities and preserve — a balancing a...