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There have been cases of wrongful detentions and removals of U.S. citizens due to misidentification, biometric or database mismatches, and operational pressure.
Recent reporting shows widespread controversy over ICE’s detention practices: federal judges and civil-rights groups say many detentions run counter to law or precedent and courts are increasingly rej...
ProPublica’s investigative tally — compiled and reported by outlets including OPB and cited by legal blogs — identifies “more than 170” U.S. citizens who were held by immigration agents in 2025 . That...
Federal reporting and legal-aid guidance consistently state that adults with lawful immigration status are required by federal law to carry their immigration documents and that ICE may ask to see such...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has no statutory authority to remove or deport U.S. citizens and its official policy asserts it does not arrest or detain citizens for immigration violations,...
No: as a matter of law, through civil immigration procedures, and policy recognizes that it lacks authority to “arrest and/or detain a U.S.” in . That legal rule, however, exists alongside a documente...
There is no publicly reported, authoritative count of how many U.S. citizens are "currently" in custody in the materials reviewed; ICE and mainstream reporting provide totals for the detained populati...
When ICE approaches or detains an enrolled tribal citizen, immediate actions center on asserting U.S. citizenship with proper ID, remaining silent beyond basic identification, requesting to speak to a...
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...