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U.S. Citizen Deportation Claims

The claim that U.S. citizens are being deported or detained by ICE and DHS, despite the agencies' assertions that their systems are designed to avoid such incidents.

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Jan 19, 2026

How many U.S. citizens have been mistakenly detained or deported by ICE in the past decade, according to ICE/DHS records?

ICE and DHS maintain that their enforcement systems are designed to avoid arresting or deporting U.S. citizens, and the departments have publicly rejected reporting that citizens were removed . Yet in...