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Wrongful Detentions and Deportations

The instances of U.S. citizens being detained or deported due to erroneous records, misidentification, or administrative errors.

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Jan 16, 2026
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How many cases of ice deporting American citizens in 2025

There is no authoritative, publicly available count of how many U.S. citizens were deported by ICE in 2025; reporting documents multiple high-profile wrongful detentions and deportations but governmen...

Jan 18, 2026
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Have any courts ordered the return of U.S. citizens allegedly deported by ICE since 2024?

Since 2024 there are documented instances in which U.S. courts have ordered that people who were alleged to be U.S. citizens and removed by immigration authorities be returned to the United States, bu...

Jan 26, 2026

Can Immigration and Customs Enforcement detain a US citizen who cannot produce proof of citizenship in 2025?

Yes — while lacks statutory authority to deport citizens and the Department of Homeland Security publicly insists the agency “does not arrest or detain U.S. [citizens]” for immigration removal ( state...

Jan 25, 2026

How do ICE identification and verification procedures fail to prevent detention of U.S. citizens?

identification and verification failures that lead to U.S. citizens being detained are not single glitches but a layered problem: unreliable automated matching and stale records, field-level misidenti...

Jan 18, 2026

How many confirmed cases of U.S. citizens detained by ICE were documented between 2000 and 2025?

There is no single, publicly available, authoritative tally of confirmed U.S. citizens detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) between 2000 and 2025; reporting and advocacy research...