Image from the NYT: Guadalupe Plascencia, right, was detained by immigration authorities despite repeatedly telling them she was an American citizen.
This page is part of a resource collection: Tracking ICE During the Second Trump Administration.
See also: ICE: Detentions & Deportations of American-Born Babies & Children.
Overviews
News: 2026
February 11. Minyvonne Burke: Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens.
February 19. Coral Murphy Marcos: Army veteran sues federal government after ICE detains him for three days: US citizen George Retes was held without access to family, an attorney or information about the charges against him.
News: 2025
March 7. Jackie Bensen: U.S. citizen detained by ICE questions vote for Trump: ‘Just following Hispanic people.’
April 5. María Luisa Paúl: As Trump cracks down on immigration, U.S. citizens are among those snared.
April 10. Kelsey Ables: Trump wants to send U.S. citizens to foreign prisons. Experts say there’s no legal way.
April 13. NPR Staff: Why one deportation case has legal scholars afraid for even U.S. citizens.
April 19. CNN: Mid-commute traffic stop left US citizen detained under an ICE order. Then, a Florida judge verified his US birth certificate.
June 11. Nikki McCann Ramírez: Masked ICE Agents Detain 9-Month-Pregnant U.S. Citizen in L.A. Crackdown.
July 25. Clare Considine: Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest.
August 12. NBC News: U.S citizen detained by ICE says she was denied water for 24 hours.
November 5. Adrian Florido: NPR fact checks Kristi Noem on ICE detaining US citizens.
November 18. Adrian Florido: U.S. citizens caught in Trump’s immigration dragnet.
November 20. George Chidi: ‘I lose my liberty in that moment’: Charlotte shuts down as citizens and noncitizens alike face ICE arrests.
December 7. Robert Klemko: The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown. Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”
December 5. Milena Malaver & David Goodhue: ‘I’m a U.S. citizen.’ Agents pull woman from car in Keys. Feds said she wouldn’t show ID.
December 10. CBS News: ICE agents wrongfully detained U.S. citizen in Minneapolis for looking Somali.
December 11. Billal Rahman: US Citizen Arrested by ICE After Offering to Show Passport Sparks Backlash.