More than 170 American citizens have been detained during raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as during protests, according to an October investigation by ProPublica .

Among the detained were nearly 20 children. In some cases, citizens have been held for 24 hours without being able to call a lawyer or a loved one.

Regardless of potential legal recourse, the threat of mistakenly being taken into ICE detention — and potentially disappearing into labyrinthine immigration custody — has some U.S. citizens wondering online if they should carry their passport or other documents with them to prove their citizenship.

ProPublica ’s reporting also states that almost all of the detained U.S. citizens they found were Latino, while a Supreme Court decision this pa

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