From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Obama's ICE Wrongfully Targeted Nearly 17,000 US Citizens
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 08:27:54 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
On Sat, 24 May 2025 16:34:36 +0000, Lee says...
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> U.S. citizen with REAL ID handcuffed and
> held in immigration raid before being
> released
> May 23
A report by the Cato Institute, based on an analysis of ICE detainer requests, estimates that nearly 17,000 U.S. citizens
nationwide were wrongfully targeted with immigration detainers by ICE between Fiscal Year 2009 and November 2017.
WHO was President during that time?
This number includes those whose detainers were subsequently canceled or unexecuted, and it notes that the true number of U.S.
citizens initially targeted COULD BE EVEN HIGHER as it doesn't fully account for those arrested and then released.
A 2018 Los Angeles Times investigation found that ICE released 1,480 people from custody between 2012 and 2017 after
investigating their citizenship claims, indicating these were likely U.S. citizens mistakenly detained. The portion of these
within 2009-2017 is not specified but suggests a significant number.
A 2011 study cited by the ACLU estimated that ICE wrongfully detained over 3,500 U.S. citizens in Texas alone from 2006 to 2017,
with many detentions occurring within the 2009-2017 time-frame.
The Cato Institute estimated that ICE placed detainers on hundreds of U.S. citizens in Texas between 2006 and 2017, with 75% of
155 reviewed cases resulting in detention due to mistaken identity.
Combining these, a conservative estimate suggests at least 1,480-2,840 U.S. citizens were mistakenly arrested or detained by ICE
from 2009 to 2017, with higher estimates (e.g., over 3,500 in Texas alone) indicating the number could be larger. Lack of
systematic tracking by ICE makes precise figures unavailable, and these numbers likely under-report the true scope due to
unreported cases and inconsistent documentation.
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