ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
Not in our database: Corey Lewandowski.
Lewandowski has a special status as a "volunteer" DHS.
Yet he is also signing off on contracts and policies.
Here's one of 'em!
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
As Rep. Jayapal says, our reporting has found that these aren’t isolated incidents. Last October, we tallied more than 170 cases of U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents.
Here’s that investigation she’s referring to:
wowza. And kudos to ProPublica's @nicolefoy.bsky.social www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar...
4 reviews lol. Trustworthy
Noem is unable to answer Sen. Booker (D-NJ) questions about how many U.S. citizens have been detained, saying the number of citizens detained for "obstructing" makes it difficult. "It could be hundreds and hundreds...I can't give you an accurate number."
Sen. Tillis (R-NC) is yelling at Noem about FEMA response in NC, the killings of Pretti & Good in Minneapolis and lack of answers about the immigration operation in Charlotte. "I'm giving you a performance evaluation here. I'm not looking for a response."
He calls for Noem's resignation.
Blumenthal holds up the text messages from the CBP agent who shot U.S. citizen Marimar Martinez (widely reported: he bragged she had five shots, 7 holes.) When asked, she did not condemn the agents actions or say whether the agent was still on the job.
U.S. citizens Leo Venegas, Javier Ramírez & Marimar Martínez are asked to stand while Sen. Blumenthal asks Noem if she’s met the citizens detained by DHS. She didn’t answer. Blumenthal says she can meet these 3
I wrote about all 3 in this @propublica.org story www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Despite being read back Stephen Miller's quotes from May about quotas. Noem denies the existence of quotas for daily ICE arrests, etc www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Multiple people have referenced the shooting this weekend in Austin. Here's some local reporting on the suspected shooter, who was a naturalized citizen originally from Senegal www.statesman.com/news/crime/a...
Klobuchar also asks Noem if she'll commit to reversing DHS's decision to block Minnesota state and local law enforcement from the investigation into Alex Pretti's killing. She referred that to the FBI.
Sen. Klobuchar (D-MN) asks several questions about why agents pulled Hmong elderly U.S. citizen out of his home in his underwear & are accused of stopping off-duty police. In response, Noem protested focusing on these incidents and not the other work ICE agents do
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
Kennedy also drills in on Noem calling Alex Pretti & Renee Good domestic terrorists, asking why she "blamed" the president and Stephen Miller for her words. Noem tries to deny this quote, but Kennedy said "This wasn't anonymous. It was you." (story with quote at issue) www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
Noem tells Sen. Kennedy (R-LA) that President Trump did know she would spend $200 million + on ads featuring her. Kennedy asks why benefitting companies included close allies, like the husband of former DHS spokesperson (see story from @propublica.org colleagues) www.propublica.org/article/kris...
While questioning Noem on DHS professionalism & cooperation w/local officials, Sen. Whitehouse (D-RI) references this case from November, when agents detained an intern (looking for someone else) and threatened to break the car windows of the judge who defended him www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oI3...
Sen. Durbin pressed Noem repeatedly about her choice to call Alex Pretti and Renee Good domestic terrorists. She didn't retract her words, but said she received the information she shared from agents on the ground
I’m in Senate Judiciary today, where DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to answer oversight questions related to immigration enforcement tactics, the arrests of U.S. citizens, children in detention centers, terrorism threats + more
Hey, cool. @lastweektonight.com just did a segment using reporting I did w/ @farooqumar.bsky.social
Oliver was talking about body cams--and how law enforcement agencies have often undermined their potential
The same body-cams Dems are centering that ICE reforms on
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP4_...
📽️ WATCH: We went inside the immigrant family detention center in Dilley, Texas.
Listen to what kids told reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social about their life in detention — and the things they’ve lost and left behind.
Read more: https://propub.li/4toqME6
Amid what detainees say is a clampdown in Dilley, TX, including seizures of kids' drawings and crayons, Christian Hinojosa stuffed letters in her jacket to hide them from guards. She told @micarosenberg.bsky.social and me her story. We published the letters today.
www.propublica.org/article/dill...
NEW from ProPublica:
Guards at Trump's family detention camp are grabbing kids' writing, artwork, and crayons.
They've even taken one kid's drawing of Bratz dolls.
www.propublica.org/article/dill...
by @mckenziefunk.com and @micarosenberg.bsky.social
Great🧵 from my @propublica.org colleague @nicolefoy.bsky.social 👇
I’m still reporting on how immigration officials detain U.S. citizens. Send me tips Nicole.foy@propublica.org or signal nicolefoy.27 www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
In response to questions from ProPublica, the Department of Homeland Security said agents do not racially profile or target Americans. "We don't arrest US citizens for immigration enforcement," wrote spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin.
I've asked DHS about many of these cases -- going back a year. Their overarching answer is always the same:
Plus Sen. Alex Padilla — who was taken to the ground and handcuffed last summer while trying to ask Kristi Noem a question about raids in LA — delivered the Democrats’ Spanish response to the State of the Union. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlXC...
Fernando Hernández García of Texas wasn’t detained, but his younger citizen siblings were, including his 10YO sister with brain cancer. While rushing her to the hospital in February, the family was detained and deported with their parents www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
20-year-old Mubashir Hussen, was another detained citizen who attended as Rep. Omar’s guest. The Somali-American man was filmed in December being detained by immigration agents, despite protesting repeatedly that he was a citizen. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota brought two citizens detained by agents in Minneapolis: Aliya Rahman, a disabled woman forced from her vehicle & detained while trying to get to a doctor’s appointment in January
When she stood during the speech, she was removed from the chamber
bsky.app/profile/demo...
Also in attendance: Marimar Martínez, a Chicago woman shot 5x by a Border Patrol agent in October. DHS called her a “domestic terrorist” & accused her of ramming agents with her car.
Body cam footage debunked these claims, and a judge dismissed the charges blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/11/e...
