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Mistakes will be made? U.S. citizens caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown

 

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In “Here are the U.S. citizens caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown Story,” María Luisa Paúl for the Washington Post reports that the Trump administration mass deportation campaign has swept up over a dozen U.S. citizens.  “The cases have alarmed attorneys, civil rights advocates and immigration scholars, who warn that citizens are becoming increasingly vulnerable in a system moving faster and operating with fewer safeguards, The Washington Post previously reported.”  To be clear, U.S. citizens cannot lawfully be deported from the United States.

The Post report continues:  “The U.S. government does not release data on how often U.S. citizens are wrongfully detained or even removed from the country. A 2011 study estimated that citizens make up roughly 1 to 1.5 percent of all removals.”

According to a Government Accountability Office report from 2021, ICE carried out removal operations against at least 65 potential citizens during Trump’s first term.

Stay tuned.

KJ

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