Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Jamie Raskin, demand answers from DHS, ICE on wrongful detainment reports

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, and Representative Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter  February 5, demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following reports alleging that ICE wrongfully detained U.S. citizens during immigration enforcement raids.

“We write to request more information about troubling reports that U.S. citizens have been detained during immigration enforcement operations. A recent NBC News article highlighted multiple incidents in which American citizens were wrongfully detained during immigration enforcement raids. Additionally, Telemundo Puerto Rico recently reported on three U.S. citizens in Milwaukee – a toddler, his mother, and grandmother – who were detained and transported to an immigration detention center,” Jayapal and Raskin wrote.

In the letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE Acting Director Caleb Vitello, Jayapal and Raskin cite the law and ICE policy which prevent the detainment of U.S. citizens, and outline the importance of adhering to the law in order to ensure Americans’ constitutional rights are not violated.

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They requested details on each incident where a U.S. citizen was detained during immigration enforcement activities since the start of the Trump Administration, as well as information on the policies ICE currently has in place to prevent the wrongful detention of U.S. citizens, by no later than February 18.

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