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By Nicole FoyRuth Talbot & Cengiz Yar & Ruth Talbot & Liliana Michelena & Bianca Fortis & Mariam Elba · ProPublica · October 2026

Federal Agents Have Detained More Than 500 American Citizens in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

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"The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administration."

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