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Search More Than 500 Cases of U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents

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Wray, K. (2026, October 29). Search More Than 500 Cases of U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents. ProPublica. https://projects.propublica.org/american-citizens-detained-dhs-civil-rights/list

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ProPublica · collected 2026-10-29 · by Kahlie Wray

Quick Summary

The article reports on more than 500 cases where U.S. citizens were allegedly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents across various states including California, Florida, Illinois, Texas, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Minnesota, and others. The incidents range from physical altercations to wrongful detentions, with DHS often contesting claims made against them. For example, in one incident a cyclist was tasered after colliding with an ICE vehicle, while another case involved a mother of four being transferred to ICE custody despite her citizenship status.
Written by AI on 2026-10-29, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

AI analysis

Why this leaning score
The model judged this article politically coded and scored it -0.45, but all 4 of its quote(s) are attributed speech - words the article quotes from someone, not the article's own narration, so the score is not published.
Written under an earlier scoring contract, which gave a paragraph rather than checkable quotes. Re-analysing this article replaces it.
Leaning score withheld for article 115418: attributed speech only · logged 2026-10-29

Story

📰 UsgcitizensDetainedByImmigrationAgents
Politics · 1 article(s) covering the same event.

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Claims extracted
28
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 28 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
58/100
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1
Politics
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Publisher

ProPublica · 118 article(s) · 1 correction(s) detected
Running correction rate · 1 correction(s)

Who wrote this

Kahlie Wray
1 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
The only article under this byline in the corpus.

Topics

California DHS ICE New Jersey Newark

Subjects

ICE ORG · 8× New Jersey GPE · 7× Newark GPE · 5× One PERSON · 5× California GPE · 4× DHS ORG · 4× Texas GPE · 4× Evanston GPE · 2× Utah GPE · 2× Virginia GPE · 2×

Narrative

A citizen documenting ICE activity in Ventura, California, was tackled and tasered while he was already pinned to the ground. One citizen was detained in Newark, New Jersey. One citizen was detained in Newark, New Jersey. Six citizens were detained in Newark, New Jersey. Two citizens were detained in Newark, New Jersey. One citizen was detained in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania. A citizen mother of four was detained in Lafayette, Louisiana, at a local law enforcement checkpoint outside her apartment, then transferred to ICE custody and booked into a detention facility before her attorney won her release.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-29

Claims (28 extracted, 0 hedged)

A citizen riding a bike was tasered, injured and handcuffed after colliding with an ICE vehicle in Long Beach, California. asserted
citizen → rid → Beach
Video footage shows the ICE vehicle driving the wrong way down a one-way street then swerving toward the cyclist. asserted
vehicle → show → cyclist
DHS denied hitting the citizen and accused him of smashing the vehicle’s mirror, which is not captured on available video. asserted
which → deny → video
One citizen was detained in Santa Maria, California. asserted
citizen → detain → ?
detained in Naples Manor, Florida. One citizen was injured and detained by ICE agents who were looking for someone who matched his description in Evanston, Illinois. asserted
who → detain → Evanston
A responding Evanston police officer said one agent had blood on his hands and the citizen was taken to the hospital. asserted
citizen → respond → hospital
DHS claimed the man didn’t cooperate with “lawful commands” and agents detained him until he identified himself. asserted
he → claim → himself
Two citizens were detained in Alamo, Texas. One citizen was detained in Falls Church, Virginia. Two citizens were detained in Norfolk, Virginia. One citizen was detained in Passaic, New Jersey. asserted
Two → detain → ?
One citizen was detained in Laguna Vista, Texas. One citizen was detained in Olathe, Kansas. asserted
citizen → detain → ?
One citizen was detained in Boise, Idaho. One citizen asserted
citizen → detain → ?
was detained in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. One citizen was detained in Salt Lake City, Utah. Two citizens who are enrolled members of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe were detained in Bemidji, Minnesota, during a worksite raid. asserted
who → detain → raid
A citizen leaving a coffee shop in Annapolis, Maryland, was handcuffed, denied a phone call and held for almost two hours. asserted
citizen → leave → hours
DHS said it took the citizen to another location to interview him because “agitators” had gathered. asserted
agitators → say → him
One citizen was detained in Newark, New Jersey. asserted
One → detain → ?
A citizen documenting ICE activity in Ventura, California, was tackled and tasered while he was already pinned to the ground. One citizen was detained in Newark, New Jersey. One citizen was detained in Newark, New Jersey. Six citizens were detained in Newark, New Jersey. Two citizens were detained in Newark, New Jersey. One citizen was detained in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania. A citizen mother of four was detained in Lafayette, Louisiana, at a local law enforcement checkpoint outside her apartment, then transferred to ICE custody and booked into a detention facility before her attorney won her release. asserted
attorney → document → release
ICE and the local law enforcement agency that detained her still dispute her citizenship. asserted
that → detain → citizenship
Jeury Concepcion, a 19-year-old citizen, was walking in front of a barbershop in the Bronx when three masked agents tackled him, mistaking him for someone else. asserted
agents → walk → someone
The teen said that they released him far from home with his head bloodied, and that an agent apologized to him. asserted
agent → say → him
A DHS statement said agents temporarily detained the teen to safely finish their questioning. asserted
agents → say → questioning
A video associated with this incident appears in our main story. asserted
video → associate → story
An immigration lawyer who is a citizen was detained and shackled in New Orleans, Louisiana, while trying to film her clients’ detention. asserted
who → detain → detention
A citizen was accused of assaulting an officer during the arrest of her husband in Asbury Park, New Jersey. asserted
citizen → accuse → Park
She was detained for eight hours in Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility, before being released without any known charges. asserted
She → detain → charges
Videos showed her 9-year-old daughter and toddler left crying alone in her vehicle, with ICE agents standing guard until family arrived to pick them up. asserted
family → show → them
A 25-year-old citizen from Denver, Colorado, was detained and deported after a traffic stop in Fredericksburg, Texas, when he was unable to provide identification or proof of citizenship. asserted
he → detain → citizenship
He was held without access to his phone or a lawyer for several days before he agreed to leave the country. asserted
he → hold → country
He was allowed to cross back into the U.S. using his Colorado birth certificate in August. asserted
He → allow → August
One citizen was detained in Ogden, Utah. asserted
citizen → detain → ?
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