The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of Anton "Tony" Lazzaro, the formerly well-connected ...

Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee Committee on Investigations, wrote to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanding information and records from the agency following widespread reports of wrongful detentions of U.S. citizens by agents at the Department of Homeland Security. Reports document citizens being held for extended periods, being denied access to counsel, and other civil rights violations.

In what appears to have been a warrantless operation, the federal government will not say how many people were detained, who remains in custody and what happened to the children.