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House Democrats Demand Answers After Hundreds of US Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents
Original: After ProPublica Investigation, House Democrats Demand Answers on U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents
Forty Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Department of Homeland Security to explain the detention of US citizens by immigration agents. The demand follows a ProPublica investigation that found more than 500 American citizens have been held by agents, in some cases against their will. Lawmakers are seeking answers on how and why citizens were swept up in immigration enforcement.
Why now: A new ProPublica investigation documenting hundreds of detentions of US citizens has prompted congressional Democrats to formally demand an explanation from DHS.
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- After ProPublica Investigation, House Democrats Demand Answers on U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents · ProPublica
ProPublica found that over 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by immigration agents. Forty Democratic lawmakers are now asking the Department of Homeland Security to explain why Americans have been held against their will.
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