Joan Esposito: Live, Local & ProgressiveJoan Esposito is joined by Nicole Foy, immigration reporter for ProPublica; she recently authored the investigative article, "We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days."
Here are a few highlights from the conversation:
- Foy said ProPublica has documented more than 500 U.S. citizens detained, including more than 100 detained amid questions about citizenship or status; most of that group were people of color.
- The reporting identified more than 60 people who were filming when arrested and more than 70 children caught up in arrests.
- Reported cases raise concerns about Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures, use of force, and First Amendment rights to protest and record officers.
- Identification documents have not always prevented detention, and some people have struggled to recover documents or phones held by the government.
- Foy said body camera use remains uneven, and access to footage is uncertain amid long federal records-request waits.
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