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Nicole Foy

Nicole Foy is ProPublica’s Ancil Payne Fellow, reporting on immigration and labor.

An ICE patch and badge are seen on a DHS agent during Vice President JD Vance's visit to Minneapolis on Jan. 22, 2026. (Jim Watson - Pool/Getty Images)

Why have immigration agents detained this American citizen three times?

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A federal agent restrains the wife of the detained man from Ecuador on September 25, 2025 in New York City. Despite getting continuances on their asylum claims, Federal agents will still detain immigrants who appear for their court dates at the Jacob K. Javits building at 26 Federal Plaza. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

American kids are collateral damage in Trump’s immigration crackdown

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Special Response Team Police and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) agents detain a demonstrator during a protest outside an ICE processing center in Broadview, Illinois, on September 19, 2025. US President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence in Illinois and stepped-up immigration enforcement actions by the Department of Homeland Security. (Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

“Felt like I was going to pass out and die”: Immigration agents are using banned chokeholds

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ICE agents. (Photo by Bryan Cox/Getty Images)

Immigration agents grab and mistreat citizens

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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent at New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court on July 17, 2025. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s immigration agents detained over 170 US citizens

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