“We recently reported that more than 500 American citizens have been detained by immigration agents. Now House members are moving to make it easier for those detained to seek justice through the courts…”
https://www.propublica.org/article/american-citizens-wrongfully-detained-ice-bill
The Trump administration says none of this is happening.
“DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake.” “There are no ‘indiscriminate’ stops.” Allegations of “racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE.” “The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force.” “ICE does not zip tie or restrain children.”
But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.
We know because we have once again done what the government hasn’t: We have tallied and cataloged every case we can find of an immigration agent holding a citizen during the current administration.
More than 500 cases. That includes:
Collectively, these cases show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens too. We’re showing you every case — the reality that the administration denies — along with the receipts.
https://projects.propublica.org/american-citizens-detained-dhs-civil-rights/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/18/russian-super-app-max-spy-citizens
US citizens living in the Middle East say they're "angry" at the US state department, criticising the Trump administration for having no "backup plan" to help them leave the region in the hours and days after the start of the US-Israel war on Iran…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/us-citizens-middle-east-iran-war
The United States has urged its citizens to leave Venezuela immediately amid reports that armed paramilitaries are trying to track down US citizens, one week after the capture of the South American country's president, Nicolás Maduro...
Democrats organized the hours-long congressional oversight hearing in Los Angeles in order to hear testimony about the impacts of Donald Trump's sweeping deportation agenda, and look at alleged civil rights abuses by federal agents and the "unlawful" detention of US citizens...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/25/los-angeles-congressional-hearing-ice-raids
Former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory warned that recent local coverage, like an incident at a Charlotte shopping center, when masked agents arrested a man who said he was a U.S. citizen, and a raid at a local country club, may hurt the GOP on an issue it has long dominated.
"Republicans had the upper hand on immigration, as long as they were going after the criminals and the gangs, but I think they're losing the upper hand on that issue because of the apparent disjointed implementation of arrest," McCrory said in an interview. "From a PR and political standpoint, for the first time, immigration is maybe having a negative impact on my party."…
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/23/north-carolina-immigration-raids-trump-00665164
However, in order for applications for permanent residency to be successful, companies must certify their inability to find a suitable American candidate to take the position they're looking to fill with a foreign national. Unsurprisingly, that means some companies have been incentivized to hide job openings from U.S. citizen and resident applicants...
Despite the Trump administration's celebrations, other data suggests that U.S.-born workers are on less stable footing than their foreign-born counterparts this year.
While economists take issue with foreign- and native-born worker counts from the census survey, they say the unemployment rate, employment-population ratio and labor force participation rate provide a more accurate snapshot of the job market and how it has changed over time.
Joblessness is actually higher among U.S.-born workers than among immigrants, and U.S.-born workers are more likely to be unemployed than they were a year ago, BLS data shows...
