When Immigration Crackdowns Go Too Far: U.S. Citizens and Green Card Holders Caught in the Dragnet

Recent immigration enforcement actions under the Trump administration’s second term have cast an unsettlingly wide net—one that has not only affected undocumented immigrants, but also U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (green card holders). As immigration raids intensify across the country, we are seeing increasing reports of people with legal status being wrongly detained, interrogated, and in some cases, held for days or weeks without due process.