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ICE Is Heavily Redacting Documents Needed to Prove Immigration Status

HeadlineSep 18, 2026

In more immigration news, lawyers who spoke to The New York Times say federal agencies, such as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, are rejecting and heavily redacting vital documents and records needed by immigrants to prove they have permission to be in the U.S. and fight their deportation. Federal agencies are also claiming these records do not exist.

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