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KentuckyWoman

(7,384 posts)

3. Apparently

Reply to NJCher (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 03:51 AM

Jan 10

about 8% of those in detention are American Citizens who are struggling to prove their identity and citizenship - partly because understaffing at detention facilities is creating so many communication problems. A wild guess on my part, but I'd guess another 20% have some sort of legal status that was either revoked or contested. In other words they aren't "illegal" (as if any human being is illegal).