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ICE arrested him on Thanksgiving morning

Then made jokes about it in front of his partner
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ICE agent "doesn't care" that 17 year old is a US citizen, arrests him anyway
Why is ICE targeting and illegally arresting children?
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He fought the Taliban alongside US troops. He followed all our immigration laws. The US is paying him back with prison time.
Mohammad Ali Dadfar is the father of four children and has no criminal record. ICE won't say why he's being held in a Missouri prison.
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ICE hits a car, then snatches the driver (a US citizen)
DHS says she was detained for "resisting arrest" (what?!) and also that she assaulted federal officers... though you can see in the video that federal…
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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. ICE snatched him up the moment he won his freedom.
Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam has lived in the US since he was nine months old
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Her community pooled their money to pay for her green card application
ICE put her in handcuffs and sent her to a private prison
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Grandmother Margarita Avila was held by ICE even after the charges were dropped
They kept her until she volunteered to leave the country
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A war hero stood up to ICE when they detained two legal immigrants
He's being charged with "conspiracy" for attending a protest
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ICE has illegally detained this high school senior who is a legal immigrant
ICE appears to be trying to figure out an excuse to deport him
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