Democrats claim masked immigration agents 'snatching' and detaining US citizens, demand DHS respond

Democratic leaders are demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging that the agencies are "wrongfully" detaining U.S. citizens during immigration raids and "terrorizing" communities across the country.

House Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., along with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., ranking member of the panel's subcommittee on immigration, sent a letter on Monday questioning the reported arrests of U.S. citizens.

The letter, addressed to DHS Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, claimed that the agencies are in violation of ICE policy, which prohibits detaining U.S. citizens and requires an investigation into U.S. citizenship claims made by detainees.

Despite the policy, the letter alleged that DHS and ICE are continuing to "wrongfully detain" U.S. citizens, and "sometimes with violent force."

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