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ICE Detention of U.S. Citizens 2025-2026

The detention of US citizens by ICE from 2025 to 2026, including wrongful detentions and deaths in custody.

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Jan 16, 2026
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US citizens arrested by ICE

Yes — while federal immigration law and ICE policy do not authorize the deportation of U.S. citizens, U.S. citizens have been arrested, detained and in rare historical cases nearly deported after enco...

Jan 27, 2026
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Notable cases of US citizens detained by ICE including outcomes

A wave of reporting and official inquiries shows citizens have been detained, questioned, or otherwise swept up by and other agents since the 2025 enforcement surge, producing a mix of releases, dismi...

Jan 16, 2026
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Christina Rank

Christina Rank is a 25-year-old woman identified in multiple local reports as a teaching assistant (sometimes described as a teacher) at Concord Education Center, a special‑needs middle school in Inve...

Jan 22, 2026

Is ICE kidnapping people?

Federal immigration officers carry out arrests and detentions as part of immigration enforcement, but recent reporting shows a mix of documented detentions, high‑profile incidents where say they were ...

Feb 4, 2026

I’ve detained us citizen multiple times

citizen is legally fraught: policy says agents cannot use civil immigration authority to arrest or detain citizens, yet reporting and agency audits document hundreds of wrongful citizenship investigat...

Jan 29, 2026

American citizens detained by ice

has detained American citizens in a wave of high-profile and routine encounters across 2025–2026, from mistaken arrests on the street to violent takedowns at workplaces; reporting and alongside a . Wh...

Jan 21, 2026

How have courts ruled on wrongful ICE detentions of U.S. citizens in recent cases?

Federal and lower courts in recent years have repeatedly found that and allied local law enforcement violated constitutional and statutory protections when detaining people later shown to be U.S. citi...