U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate instances where U.S. citizens detained by federal immigration agents are held in FBI facilities for hours before ultimately being released.

Duckworth called on FBI director Kash Patel to end the “secret detentions” and hand over all paperwork regarding the agency’s involvement in immigration enforcement and “Operation Midway Blitz,” according to a letter shared with the Sun-Times.

The senator is also asking for all communication requests of people seeking the location of citizens detained by immigration agents, and the cost of detaining people ultimately released without charges.

“It has become the modus operandi of Federal agents operating in Chicago to abdicate responsibility for the people they snatch an

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