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US Citizens Deported by ICE 2015-2020

The deportation of potential US citizens by ICE between 2015 and 2020, with a focus on the lack of publicly available names and the efforts of Congressional committees, NGOs, and investigative outlets to document these cases.

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Jan 11, 2026
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Which specific individuals are named in congressional and NGO lists of U.S. citizens allegedly deported by ICE?

Congressional committees, NGOs and investigative outlets have produced lists and tallies alleging that U.S. citizens have been arrested, detained, or even deported by ICE, but few of those compilation...

Jan 29, 2026

How many U.S. citizens have been wrongfully detained or deported by ICE since 2012 according to GAO and ProPublica investigations?

that in the period it examined (2015–2020) and that ICE’s own data show hundreds of investigations, arrests and some detentions of people later determined to be citizens (ICE: ~674 arrests, 121 detent...