Yes, really. Here are the receipts.
ProPublica documented that in first 3Q of 2025, 170+ U.S. citizens were detained by immigration agents, including nearly 20 children - two with cancer. Some were held for days without lawyers or family contact, violating Fifth Amendment due process.
The government keeps no count of citizens held by immigration agents, so reporters built one: 170-plus in nine months, nearly 20 of them children. The Alabama construction worker whose REAL ID was dismissed as fake — twice...
Records show citizen children restrained, exposed to chemical agents, and held at gunpoint, prompting a congressional investigation. The toddler, preschooler, and 7-year-old — all citizens — who were deported despite...