Jump to content. Image representation created by ProPublica. ProPublica has discovered that more than 500 American citizens have been held by immigration officials, according to images from Congress and videos obtained by the organization. A group of forty Democratic legislators are requesting that the Department of Homeland Security provide an explanation for the detention of US citizens against their will. November 2, 2026, 12:45 pm. Alter aesthetics. A nonprofit news organization called ProPublica investigates instances of power being misused. Join our mailing list to get our biggest stories right when they’re posted. The latest news: House Democrats are demanding answers from the Trump administration regarding ProPublica’s investigation, particularly about why numerous U.S. citizens have been detained by immigration officials and how the government confirms their citizenship during immigration procedures. This request was made in an October letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin by California Rep. Representative Lou Correa and a group of 39 other legislators have requested that the administration disclose the number of citizens being detained by immigration agents, as well as the method used to track these encounters.
