We Found That More Than 170 U.s. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents
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ProPublica reports that over 170 US citizens have been detained by immigration agents, sparking discussion on the prevalence of wrongful arrests and the broader implications for immigrants' rights.
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You can't even claim the stories of violent illegal arrests are a couple of bad apples. The whole point of hiding their names and faces is to make prosecuting individual bad actors borderline impossible.
There is at least one other reason:
Keffiyeh-clad anti-ICE protester threatens to stab agent, harm family in San Francisco mob attack; Four ICE agents were injured as protesters punched, pepper-sprayed and ambushed them outside the courthouse - https://www.foxnews.com/us/keffiyeh-clad-anti-ice-protester-...
Yes, ICE agents and their families have been extensively doxxed. Multiple Department of Homeland Security sources confirm that ICE officers and their family members have had their personal information, photos, and locations posted online, putting them in grave danger. - https://factually.co/fact-checks/justice/ice-agents-doxxed-8...
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