The Trump administration swears it isn't arresting American citizens or mistreating children. Over 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by immigration agents, at least 70 of them children and teens, some handcuffed or held at gunpoint, and roughly a dozen unlawfully deported. Homeland Security defended the agents, Republicans in Congress shrugged it off as unavoidable mistakes, and then they voted to pour nearly $70 billion more into the same abuses.
Read the full story: The Trump Administration Swears It Isn't Detaining Americans. ProPublica Found More Than 500 Citizens Its Agents Held — Including at Least 70 Kids.