Valid papers, no crime, indefinite detention: ICE’s American promise

This for-profit system of immigrant incarceration needs more fodder, and this is not the only person disappeared into it.

Feb 09, 2026

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An Irish man with a valid U.S. work permit has been held in ICE detention since September 2025. He has no history of violent crime and no problems with his paperwork. DHS offers no clear explanation for why this man has been confined for months.

Originally from Glenmore, Co Kilkenny, Seamus Culleton is married to a US citizen and owns a plastering busine…

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