Since the crackdown on immigrants living in this country illegally by the Trump administration, we have seen some high-profile coverage of parents being deported to Mexico, leaving behind children who are U.S. citizens. One Arizona woman who was deported in February left behind a husband, who is also undocumented, and two teenage children.

With the U.S. Supreme Court still short one justice after Antonin Scalia's death, the current eight justices split evenly last week on a case that will impact more than four million undocumented immigrants in this country.

The rights and status of people who live in the U.S. territories has always been cause for confusion and sometimes controversy. People born in four of the five U.S. territories -- Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Northern Marianas -- are recognized as U.

No matter where people stand on the hot-button issue of immigration, the one thing that most can agree on is that the immigration system in this country is in dire need of repair. One problem that many may not even be aware of is that of American citizens being placed in detention facilities or even deported because of confusion about their status.