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Nola67 from comments: After Ilhan Omar’s house was raided, I’m wondering if there’s any kind of statistic that shows how much ICE/DHS has come after US citizens or tried to fake evidence?
The federal government has said it was working to carry out the “largest denaturalization effort in history,” and there have been isolated DoJ announcements of cases to strip people of citizenship based on their criminal records or claims that they illegally procured their naturalization. Denaturalization cases have been brought under previous administrations, and it’s unclear if the scale of this administration’s efforts match its rhetoric. We do know that US immigration agents in the field have frequently detained US citizens. The Trump administration has repeatedly downplayed this problem, but ProPublica recently did great reporting documenting reports of 506 citizens detained by DHS between January 2025 and September 2026.
Maanvi: It’s hard to pin down exactly how much US tourism has been affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown. But various Trump policies have certainly made it more difficult for people from certain countries to visit the US – either as tourists, or academics and students, or business visitors.
Earlier this year, union leaders in the hospitality industry said that the immigration crackdown has not only scared immigrant workers in the tourism indosuty, but also discouraged international tourism.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/oct/21/immigration-ice-mass-deportation-trump-midterm-elections
Author : Maanvi Singh, José Olivares and Sam Levin
Publish date : 2026-10-22 16:30:00
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