A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.
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Friend,

The government is detaining U.S. citizens and pretending it’s law
enforcement. It isn’t. It’s the calculated misuse of federal power – an
administration using the machinery of the state to intimidate, to punish,
and to silence. What’s happening inside the Department of Homeland
Security is not a lapse in judgment or a bureaucratic mistake. It’s a
choice – and it’s one this regime keeps making.

Under the Trump administration, the number of wrongful detentions carried
out by DHS has surged –and they are not happening by accident. According
to ProPublica, more than 170 U.S. citizens have been detained by federal
immigration agents in recent months, many held for days and in at least
one case deprived of water for 24 hours.^[ [link removed] ] These incidents have occurred
across the country reflecting what congressional investigators have
identified as an escalating trend of unlawful detentions.^[ [link removed] ]

A U.S. Army veteran was held in ICE custody for three days without access
to a phone or an attorney. Another citizen was detained in Chicago because
agents decided she didn’t “look like” her last name, even after showing a
valid passport. These are not isolated abuses – they are part of a system
that has learned it can act without consequence.

That’s why Congressional Democrats, Senator Richard Blumenthal and
Representative Robert Garcia, have launched a formal inquiry to demand
that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem release all records tied to these unlawful
detentions. Their request seeks to uncover who was targeted, what training
and directives agents received, and why these violations continue.

We’re joining that call – and we need your voice to make sure it cannot be
ignored.

[1]Add your name to our petition demanding Secretary Kristi Noem release
these records and stop the unlawful detention of U.S. citizens. >>

No government agency has the authority to detain people without cause.
When those in power violate constitutional rights and then conceal the
evidence, it becomes a test of whether the public will tolerate it. We
can’t – and we won’t.

[2]Sign the petition now to demand transparency and accountability from
Secretary Noem and DHS. >>

These abuses persist only when the people in charge believe no one will
stop them. It’s up to us to prove them wrong – to demand justice, to
insist on the truth, and to make sure power is never allowed to operate
without accountability again.

In solidarity,

— People For the American Way

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Sources:

[1] [ [link removed] ]"We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by
Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days."
ProPublica, 10/16/25

[2] [ [link removed] ]"Ranking Member Robert Garcia Launches Investigation Into DHS with
Sen. Blumenthal, Joins LA Mayor Karen Bass to Demand Accountability for
Unlawful Detentions of U.S. Citizens and Immigrants by Federal Agents"
House Committe on Oversight and Government Reform, Democrats, 10/20/25

 

 


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