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The process by which ICE field personnel verify the citizenship of individuals they encounter, including the use of documents and database queries.
ICE field personnel rely on a mix of on-scene document checks, database queries, and investigative steps guided by internal policy to assess whether someone might be a U.S. citizen, but the agency’s o...
ICE officers verify or challenge claimed U.S. citizenship by checking physical documents (passports, birth certificates, certificates of naturalization, green cards, I‑94s and similar papers) and by c...
ICE uses a mix of documentary checks, database searches, biometric tools and field interviews to establish identity and citizenship, and when arrestees lack standard papers the agency leans heavily on...
ICE and its investigative components can and do ask people to prove their immigration status and may detain individuals briefly while verifying identity and citizenship claims, but federal policy and ...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses a layered approach—document review, database and record checks, and biometric matching—to determine whether someone in custody is a U.S. citizen, but pro...