Advocates decry targeting of migrants as thousands of US citizens’ spouses, parents caught up in crackdown

By June 29, 2026In the News

Advocates decry targeting of migrants as thousands of US citizens’ spouses, parents caught up in crackdown

Maggie Green, Laura Romero, and Matt Rivers, ABC News (June 12, 2026)

ICE data shows that just 3% of the over 400,000 people detained in the second Trump administration’s first 14 months had a violent felony conviction, while the crackdown swept up parents of nearly 14,500 U.S.-born children and thousands of spouses of U.S. citizens.

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