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Reason
Autumn Billings

Immigration Agents Held a U.S. Citizen—and Veteran—for 3 Days Without Checking His ID

On Monday, United States Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh released a concurring opinion essentially blessing the use of racial profiling by the Trump administration's immigration enforcers, even as critics warned American citizens' rights would inevitably be violated.

The stops of people who are legally in the country are "typically brief," Kavanaugh asserted, "and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States."

The recent detention of George Retes shows that critics' fears may be warranted. 

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