US EditionProPublica finds more than 170 U.S. citizens have been held by immigration agents
- Through Oct. 5, ProPublica found federal immigration agents had detained at least 170 U.S. citizens in recent months, covering the first nine months of President Donald Trump's second administration.
- The Department of Justice ordered enforcement priorities that led agents to arrest people suspected of interfering, while over 50 citizens were held after agents questioned their status.
- Witness accounts describe physical abuse including Americans being dragged, tackled and held outside in the rain, with nearly 20 children including two with cancer and at least three pregnant citizens detained.
- There is no government tally of citizen detentions, and in nearly 50 instances charges were dismissed or never filed, prompting more than 50 members of Congress to seek answers from the administration.
- Oversight experts say prospects for accountability are slim as federal courts and the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents to consider race and limited legal paths exist for suing federal agents.
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When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during raids, Judge Brett Kavanaugh said citizens should not be concerned. “If officials find out that the individual they detained is an American citizen or is legally in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “let the individual go quickly.” But that is far from the reality that many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dr…
We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held By Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged And Detained For Days.
Videos of U.S. citizens being mistreated by immigration agents have filled social media feeds, but there is little clarity on the overall picture. So ProPublica created its own count.
ProPublica: More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Detained by ICE Agents
A ProPublica report finds that more than 170 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE agents at raids and protests across the country. More than 20 citizens were held in detention without being able to contact their loved ones or a lawyer. ICE agents also arrested 130 citizens, including a dozen elected officials, for allegedly interfering with or assaulting officers; those cases were dropped.
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