Father slammed into counter by masked agents as son watched in DenverA father leaving a Denver immigration courtroom was grabbed by masked agents and slammed into a counter as his young son watched; his partner was pushed to the ground by her hair.June 2025·Denver, CO·ACLU📦,Denver Post📦,9News
Mother of three struggles to feed children while husband held by ICEGarcia, a mother of three working as a cleaner, is spending nearly all her earnings on $15,000 in legal fees after her husband's DUI arrest led to his transfer into ICE custody in California.Oct 2025·Manatee County, FL·WUSF📦,WLRN📦
Cuban business owner married to U.S. citizen held at Camp East MontanaRey, a Cuban man in his mid-fifties who built a trucking and small-business life in El Paso and was a father figure to his wife's son, was arrested at a routine check-in and held six weeks at Camp East Montana.Oct 2025·El Paso, TX·Cuba·The New Yorker📦
Haitian man deported to Mexico, stranded in Cancún unable to workJean, a 33-year-old Haitian man, was deported to Mexico and left in Cancún without assistance, unable to work, bank, or leave the state while his asylum application awaits confirmation.Oct 2025·Cancún, MX·Haiti·El País📦,english-elpais-com.cdn.ampproject.org📦
Car wash worker Giovanni held six months by ICE after raidGiovanni, 48, a car wash worker whose wife and school-age children depended on his income, was held six months at Adelanto after refusing to sign deportation papers to El Salvador.Oct 1, 2025·San Fernando Valley, CA·El Salvador·Capital & Main📦,LAist📦
Detroit father married to U.S. citizen held three months by ICEErick Pena, 29, came to the U.S. from Honduras as a child and was detained in October on his way to work. Held three months, he was freed on bond; his wife started a GoFundMe for legal costs.Oct 2025·Detroit, MI·Honduras·CBS News📦,MLive📦,GoFundMe📦
Diabetic 60-year-old tamale vendor held by ICE for 11 daysA 60-year-old Mexican tamale vendor who sold street food in Pilsen for over a decade, supporting her son while managing diabetes, was detained 11 days and freed October 22 after a federal judge intervened.Oct 2025·Chicago, IL·Mexico·Block Club Chicago📦,CourtListener
Venezuelan asylum seeker detained by ICE for 126 daysSamuel Ochoa Ochoa, a Venezuelan immigrant who entered near El Paso in 2023 and had no later violations, was held by ICE for 126 days before a judge ordered his release in October.Oct 2025·Venezuela·Block Club Chicago📦,EXA📦
Nursing assistant held by ICE nine months, misses U.S. citizen son's birthdayStanley Minjale, a Malawian nursing assistant in Indiana with a nearly two-year-old U.S. citizen son, has spent nine months detained at a Michigan facility, missing the boy's second birthday while appealing his case.Oct 2025·Baldwin, MI·Malawi·Interlochen Public Radio📦,Michigan Public📦
Newlywed Nigerian man held nine months at Michigan ICE facilityKamal Tijani, a Nigerian man who came on a student visa in 2017 and married last year, has spent nine months held at a Michigan facility, separated from his wife, who lost their apartment.Oct 2025·Baldwin, MI·Nigeria·Interlochen Public Radio📦,Betsie Current,Glen Arbor Sun
Honduran surgical technician arrested at green card interview, detained four monthsAlberto, a 59-year-old Fresno surgical technician who fled to the U.S. in 1990 and later bought a home, was arrested at a green card interview and held nearly four months before release on bond with an ankle monitor.Oct 1, 2025·Fresno, CA·Mexico·Mission Local📦,FresnoLand📦,Instagram📦
Father once separated at border held by ICE, saw fellow detainee dieA father separated from his daughter at the border in 2017 and reunited with his children in Florida in 2021 was detained at Alligator Alcatraz, witnessed a detainee's death, and was freed in April 2026 under ankle monitoring.Oct 2025·West Palm Beach, FL·1News📦
Filipino cruise ship engineer deported by CBP, banned 10 years without chargesMichael James Garcia, a 39-year-old marine engineer, was questioned aboard a cruise ship in Charleston over an unproven child pornography claim, then had his visa revoked and received a 10-year entry ban.Oct 1, 2025·Charleston, SC·Philippines·NPR📦,Georgia Public Broadcasting📦,WUNC📦,YP Radio📦
Chicago newlyweds separated by Midway Blitz raid, wife deported to MexicoA Chicago couple was arrested just eight days after marrying; the wife was deported to Mexico while a judge ordered her husband removed to El Salvador from detention in Michigan.Oct 2025·Chicago, IL·El Salvador·WBEZ📦,Chicago Tribune📦
DACA activist detained by Border Patrol at El Paso airportCatalina 'Xóchitl' Santiago, 28, a DACA recipient and organizer in the U.S. since age 8, was detained at El Paso's airport while traveling with her wife. A judge ruled her arrest unconstitutional and ordered her freed.Oct 1, 2025·El Paso, TX·Mexico·NBC News📦,Newsweek📦,KAWC📦,El Paso Times📦,Source NM📦,El Paso Matters+1📦,New Mexico Political Report,Texas Tribune📦,The Tennessean,KFOX TV📦,Border Report,Herald-Times,CBS 4 Local📦
Iranian protester deported in restraint jacket, ICE gave Iranian authorities his phoneA Kurdish Iranian man who joined 'Women, Life, Freedom' protests and fled with his pregnant wife was forcibly deported to Tehran in a restraint jacket, then escaped to Iraqi Kurdistan, separated from his wife and newborn in Kentucky.Sep 30, 2025·Alexandria, LA·Iran·TIME📦,CBS News📦,MS Now📦
Immigrant from Peru detained by ICE at asylum hearing in NYCAn immigrant from Peru was arrested by ICE during an asylum hearing at 26 Federal Plaza, in an incident where officers also shoved and injured journalists documenting the arrest.Sep 30, 2025·New York, NY·Peru·CBS News📦,CNN📦,Associated Press📦,NBC New York📦,Press Freedom Tracker📦
Cameraman thrown to ground by ICE officers at NYC federal plazaA cameraman documenting an immigrant's arrest at 26 Federal Plaza was thrown to the ground by ICE officers and taken away on a stretcher.Sep 30, 2025·New York, NY·CBS News📦,CNN📦,Associated Press📦,NBC New York📦,Press Freedom Tracker📦
Turkish journalist hospitalized after being thrown to ground by ICE officersA journalist for a Turkish media outlet was thrown to the ground by ICE officers at 26 Federal Plaza, left on the ground for about half an hour, and hospitalized with a neck brace.Sep 30, 2025·New York, NY·CBS News📦,CNN📦,Associated Press📦,NBC New York📦,Press Freedom Tracker📦
Police officers repeatedly exposed to ICE tear gas outside Broadview facilityBroadview's police chief opened three criminal investigations after his officers were repeatedly exposed to tear gas ICE deployed during protests outside a detention facility in the village.Sep 30, 2025·Broadview, IL·Newsweek📦,CBS News📦,Press TV📦,KATU📦,Seattle Times📦
Journalist shoved to floor by ICE officers at NYC federal plazaPhotojournalist Olga Fedorova was shoved to the floor by ICE officers at 26 Federal Plaza while documenting an immigrant's arrest at an asylum hearing. She says agents gave no warning before shoving her.Sep 30, 2025·New York, NY·CBS News📦,CNN📦,Associated Press📦,NBC New York📦,Press Freedom Tracker📦
