In the first nine months of President Donald Trump’s second administration, immigration agents have detained at least 170 U.S. citizens, according to a ProPublica investigation . Several of these cases occurred in L.A. County, and about two dozen detainees said they were held for more than a day, unable to call their loved ones or a lawyer.

That reporting has sparked a joint congressional investigation into allegations of misconduct by immigration agents. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security insists it is solely targeting undocumented immigrants.

“[N]o American citizens have been arrested or detained,” Secretary Kristi Noem said at a recent press briefing. “We focus on those that are here illegally, and anything that you would hear or report that would be different than

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