Feds admit to jailing U.S. citizens as illegal immigrants, but call incidents rare
from mcclatchydc.com: Congress http://www.mcclatchydc.com/congress/story/27627.html WASHINGTON — A top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official acknowledged Wednesday that his agency has mistakenly detained U.S. citizens as illegal immigrants, but he denied that his agency has widespread problems with deporting the wrong people. [And of course he makes the obligatory apology] "Gary Mead, ICE's deputy director of detention and removal operations, testified during a House of Representatives subcommittee hearing that U.S. citizens have been detained on "extremely" rare occasions, but he blamed the mix-ups on conflicting information from the detainees." ..even as he blames the victims. How unusual [sneer] Leigh
