Thursday, November 06, 2025

Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting US Citizens - and Lying About It

A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.

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More from the cited article ...

... A recent report from ProPublica documents the detentions of some 170 American citizens by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during its anti-immigration operations. But the implications of the report go considerably further, suggesting an agency completely out of control and flouting the Fourth Amendment at every turn.

The report is a harrowing demonstration of ICE overreach. It puts the lie to the declaration of the Department of Homeland Security spokesperson that "we don't arrest U.S. citizens for immigration enforcement." The facts on the ground tell a very different tale.

ProPublica's report chronicled a series of ICE arrests that would be hard to believe if they weren't backed by official complaints and eyewitnesses. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-06 02:26 PM

Related ...

"I Don't Feel Safe": Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump's Police Task Force
www.propublica.org

... Reporting Highlights

Caught in a Wholesale Sweep: Trump's Memphis Safe Task Force promised to focus on violent criminals, but after being stopped for no apparent reason, some Memphians say they don't feel safe.

Pretextual Stops Return: Last year, the DOJ criticized Memphis police for using minor infractions as a pretext to search people for serious crimes. Under Trump's crackdown, it's happening again.

Intimidation and Harassment: A month of Trump's police task force operations in Memphis yielded over 1,700 arrests -- and resident concerns that they are being racially profiled and harassed. ...



#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-06 02:30 PM

...nobody could have anticipated...

#3 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-11-06 02:54 PM

Nothing coming from this administration can be trusted or believed.

Nothing.

Unless or until verified by at least two RELIABLE sources.

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-06 02:56 PM

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-06 03:04 PM

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