ICE issues memo on detained U.S. citizens

Andrew Becker, Center for Investigative Reporting, Mar. 10, 2010

“On the heels of several reports documenting U.S. citizens who have been detained or even deported by federal immigration officers, a top Homeland Security Department official in November issued a memo that aims to guide his agency on what to do when a person suspected of being illegally in the country claims to be a citizen.” .