ICE Took Their Papers--and Won't Give Them Back: Immigrants are being released from detention without documents proving
First they are told to carry their documents with them--and then if they happen
to get picked up for whatever--ICE keeps their docs. damn!!
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A familiar pattern developed during the federal governments massive deportation operation in Minnesota: Despite showing documents proving active immigration cases, pending visas, or even US citizenship, residents were arrested and detained for days or weeks.
But many who were later set free are now encountering a new challenge: ICE isnt giving back their immigration documents.
Again and again, according to 10 immigration lawyers interviewed for this story, immigrants in Minnesota have been released from detention centers without the work permits, Social Security cards, licenses, and other documents that prove their status.
Its more the rule than the exception that people generally are not given their stuff back, says Graham Ojala-Barbour, a Minneapolis immigration attorney. As far as I can tell, its the practice of ICE to throw everybodys documents into a black box and then lose it..........................
February 24, 2026
ICE Took Their Papersand Wont Give Them Back
Immigrants are being released from detention without documents proving their status
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/ice-detention-keeping-not-returning-immigration-documents-work-permits/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email