Veteran Behind Bars: ICE Detains Army Vet George Retes In July 2025, during a chaotic federal raid on a cannabis farm in California, U.S. Army veteran George Retes found himself handcuffed, pepper-sprayed, and locked in a cell — all because ICE agents assumed he didn’t belong. He did. He’s an American citizen. A veteran. And…
In the chaos of the Trump administration’s 2025 immigration crackdown, the stories of adult detentions dominated headlines. But buried beneath the noise were two stories the public almost didn’t hear—because the victims were toddlers. Born in the U.S., deported anyway. Both children were American citizens by birth. Both were under the age of five. And…
Jose Hermosillo, a U.S. citizen with intellectual disabilities, was wrongly detained by ICE. His story highlights the systemic failures in immigration enforcement that disproportionately impact vulnerable Americans.
In 2025, under a Trump-ordered immigration crackdown, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained at least seven American citizens — all Latino or Black — under the false assumption that they were undocumented immigrants. These weren’t isolated incidents. They were spread across multiple states and included individuals with valid ID, clean records, and in some…
