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struggle4progress

(127,118 posts) Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:17 PM Jun 12

ICE detaining US citizens and claiming documents aren't real [View all]

Strict Scrutiny
Jun 3, 2026

ICE detained a US citizen for 25 days and called her birth certificate fake. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick explains what these cases reveal about ICE's unchecked power.

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ICE detaining US citizens and claiming documents aren't real [View all] struggle4progress Jun 12 OP

OMG, is she ever gonna be rich! -misanthroptimist Jun 12 #1

Not if it goes in front of a Trump judge edhopper Jun 12 #2

What is next? that they pick a typical metro area, pick a neighborhood in the usually democratic neighborhoods, SWBTATTReg Jun 12 #3

yep. rampartd Jun 12 #6

Apparently at least one US citizen actually got deported. LisaL Jun 12 #4

that will hapen with voting as well rampartd Jun 12 #5

ICE has more tools to research and verify a person's citizenship than any other agency. This is on purpose. ChicagoTeamster Jun 12 #7