Federalist,
by
John Daniel Davidson
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2/13/2026 2:08:43 PM
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You might have guessed by now that most of what the national press reports about President Trump’s immigration crackdown and ICE detentions is either intentionally misleading, lacking context, incomplete, or outright false.
Take the latest media outrage over the arrest and detention of an Irishman named Seamus Culleton, a man who arrived in America 17 years ago, is married to an American citizen, lives in Boston, has work authorization and a pending Green Card application. Culleton came here legally in 2009 on a visa waiver program but overstayed the six-month limit. )snip) an arrest warrant was issued for him by Irish authorities shortly after he arrived in the U.S.