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(3,380 posts) Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:41 PM Jun 23

ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens

GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn’t know how many more it’s wrongly targeting

Nicolae Viorel Butler
Jun 23, 2025

WASHINGTON — A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirms what immigrant advocates have long warned: ICE has deported American citizens.

Between 2015 and 2020, ICE deported at least 70 people who were U.S. citizens, according to the GAO. That’s not just a bureaucratic mistake — it’s a constitutional violation.

U.S. citizens cannot be deported under civil immigration law. Yet GAO found that ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) lack the records to even know how many people they may have deported in error.

In total, the watchdog found that ICE arrested 674 potential U.S. citizens, detained 121, and deported 70 — all of whom may have been legally untouchable by immigration enforcement.
https://migrantinsider.com/p/ice-has-deported-at-least-70-us-citizens

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ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens (Original Post) Passages Jun 23 OP

And they get a pension & bennies for being incompetent ? Nigrum Cattus Jun 23 #1

What has become of them?!!!!! hlthe2b Jun 23 #2

The ACLU as been involved for some time now. Passages Jun 23 #9

And then what happens to these people JBTaurus83 Jun 23 #3

Can't wait for the lawsuits against the non-federal agents acting for ICE. sinkingfeeling Jun 23 #4

This is why we need full due process rights for these people LetMyPeopleVote Jun 23 #5

How can people still ignore this Gestapo behavior? Brenda Jun 23 #6

Um... between 2015 and 2020? druidity33 Jun 23 #7

Yes and see below: Passages Jun 23 #8

Think it's any better now? nt. druidity33 Jun 23 #10

No one implied it was. Passages Jun 23 #11

Two details. Igel Jun 24 #12

It's what the OP was implying... druidity33 Jun 24 #13

Nigrum Cattus

(757 posts)

1. And they get a pension & bennies for being incompetent ?

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:47 PM

Jun 23

hlthe2b

(110,796 posts)

2. What has become of them?!!!!!

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:49 PM

Jun 23

The article mentions repeated known errors that ICE refuses to correct which has led to this and that these 70 are likely just the tip of the iceberg. WTF, people?

Passages

(3,380 posts)

9. The ACLU as been involved for some time now.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 05:47 PM

Jun 23

However, it is challenging to find information in a single depository, so to speak. I wish I could answer your question.

JBTaurus83

(552 posts)

3. And then what happens to these people

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:50 PM

Jun 23

Are they allowed to return? They should be heavily compensated.

sinkingfeeling

(55,995 posts)

4. Can't wait for the lawsuits against the non-federal agents acting for ICE.

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:52 PM

Jun 23

LetMyPeopleVote

(166,916 posts)

5. This is why we need full due process rights for these people

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 02:30 PM

Jun 23

These citizens should have never been deported. These deportations are due to Stephen Miller telling people to ignore due process

Brenda

(1,717 posts)

6. How can people still ignore this Gestapo behavior?

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 02:36 PM

Jun 23

A tamale maker and a vineyard expert who lived in America for 30+ years were both dragged away in handcuffs and sent to detention centers in and maybe even outside of the country with no news for their families.

And people say, well, they should have come here legally.

As if they know the situation of thousands of non-criminal immigrants who play by the rules by showing up to immigration and waiting for their status to be approved.

Now they are taking Americans who probably look Hispanic or were documenting the Gestapo tactics. And yeah, I've read about some very white born in the USA people being arrested, too.

People keep saying don't expect a hero on a white horse to save us, but that's EXACTLY what we need. If somebody doesn't come forward, this shit will never end.

druidity33

(6,793 posts)

7. Um... between 2015 and 2020?

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 03:39 PM

Jun 23

That's mostly Biden you know.

Passages

(3,380 posts)

8. Yes and see below:

Reply to druidity33 (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 05:45 PM

Jun 23

ACLU Calls on Biden Administration to Shut Down ICE ...

American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org › press-releases › aclu-calls-biden-a...
Apr 28, 2021 — The ACLU is calling on the Biden administration to close detention facilities that meet the following criteria: As found by the Government ...

druidity33

(6,793 posts)

10. Think it's any better now? nt.

Reply to Passages (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 07:24 PM

Jun 23

Passages

(3,380 posts)

11. No one implied it was.

Reply to druidity33 (Reply #10)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 07:58 PM

Jun 23

Facts are what they are.

Igel

(37,015 posts)

12. Two details.

Reply to druidity33 (Reply #7)

Tue Jun 24, 2025, 09:11 AM

Jun 24

First, timing.
Election was in 2016, Trump took over 1/17. So 2 years of that were Obama.
Election was in 2020, Biden took over in 1/21. So none of that was under Biden.

Second, why should it matter. ICE does something wrong under a (D) president, well, let's not talk about it, it's all okay, find a rug that's not nailed down and sweep the matter under it?

druidity33

(6,793 posts)

13. It's what the OP was implying...

Reply to Igel (Reply #12)

Tue Jun 24, 2025, 09:25 AM

Jun 24

there was no mention whatsoever of the implication that D Presidents are just as guilty of this... just the dates. I figured i'd point it out since ICE has been a problem since its inception. It's only now that a majority of people are seeing the inherent problems with the dept. It just seemed somewhat misleading.

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