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U.S. citizen deportations

Deportation of U.S. citizens due to enforcement policies and record-keeping errors

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Jan 26, 2026
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How long can the US government detain someone (citizen or not) without proper warrants?

The Constitution’s generally prohibits searches and seizures without probable cause and a magistrate-signed warrant, but courts have carved out limited exceptions and federal immigration statutes gran...

Jan 15, 2026
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us citizens deported

Documented cases show that U.S. citizens have been mistakenly detained and, in a smaller number of confirmed instances, deported—one watchdog analysis found 70 deportations among cases it examined—whi...