Venezuelan asylum seeker beaten by agents, nose broken, detained in GeorgiaMikel Junior Sanchez Ortiz, 24, was pulled from his car and beaten while driving to work with his girlfriend in Gainesville, Georgia, breaking his nose. He is now held at Stewart Detention Center awaiting a 2027 asylum hearing.Aug 21, 2026·GA·Venezuela·Univision📦,Access North Georgia📦,Habeas Dockets📦,Abolish Capital,GoFundMe,Instagram+1📦
Laotian refugee who arrived as a toddler faces deportation after ICE detentionAlan Phetsadakone, brought to the U.S. as a toddler, was detained during a routine check-in in Tukwila, Washington in July 2025 and released in September. He now faces renewed deportation as flights to Laos resume.Sep 10, 2025·Tukwila, WA·Laos·PBS📦,Seattle Times📦,EXA,KING 5,Instagram📦
Honduran asylum seeker held in Texas since September 2025 without bond hearingA Honduran asylum seeker has been held at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Texas since September 2025. A judge denied his emergency request for release, finding no right to a bond hearing.Sep 10, 2025·Taylor, TX·Honduras·CourtListener
Father held with 150+ men at Broadview ICE facility, denied anxiety medicationRosalio Pelayo Salgado called his daughters from Broadview's ICE facility to describe being held with 150 other men, denied his anxiety medication, and facing a deportation scheduled for the next day.Sep 10, 2025·Broadview, IL·Chicago Sun-Times📦,ABC7 Chicago📦,Shaw Local📦
Asylum seekers arrested by ICE at San Diego immigration courtTwo asylum seekers arrested at San Diego's immigration court, both with no criminal records and regular attendance at hearings, are the basis of a lawsuit to stop ICE courthouse arrests.Sep 9, 2025·San Diego, CA·KPBS📦,San Diego Union-Tribune📦,NBC San Diego📦,Times of San Diego📦,Singleton Schreiber📦
Border Patrol agent shoots family's dog during home searchA Border Patrol agent fatally shot Chop, a family's Rottweiler, after letting him out of a bathroom during a search for migrants based on a bad tip in El Paso. The family cooperated fully; now a congresswoman demands accountability.Sep 9, 2025·KFOX TV📦
Venezuelan insurance agent detained by ICE after Florida traffic stopRichard Antonio Goitia, 37, an insurance agent and father of two young daughters, was arrested after a September 9 traffic stop near Orlando despite having a pending asylum case and work permit.Social media onlySep 9, 2025·Kissimmee, FL·Venezuela·Instagram📦
Mother of four U.S.-born children held through holidays in El PasoMaria, 39, who fled violence in Ciudad Juárez, was handcuffed outside court after a deportation order and held through the holidays before her January 20 release with an ankle monitor.Sep 9, 2025·El Paso, TX·Mexico·El Paso Matters📦,EXA📦
Des Moines father of seven detained after ICE smashes truck windowsJuan Lopez, a Des Moines landscaper for nearly four decades and father of seven, was pulled from his truck after agents smashed its windows while he drove to work.Sep 9, 2025·Des Moines, IA·Iowa Starting Line📦
Father of seven U.S. citizen children with pregnant wife detained by ICEJose Pescador Garcia, father and stepfather of seven U.S.-citizen children with a high-risk pregnant wife, was freed by a federal judge in January after months in detention.Sep 9, 2025·Spring, TX·PACER Monitor,EXA📦,GoFundMe📦
Two people arrested in Maplewood by masked ICE agents in unmarked carsTwo people were loaded into unmarked, out-of-state vehicles by masked agents on a Maplewood street around 11 a.m., without local police being notified.Sep 9, 2025·Maplewood, NJ·Patch📦,Village Green📦
58-year-old man with Alzheimer's and cancer dies in ICE custody in ArizonaÓscar Rascón Duarte, 58, who had lived in the U.S. since 1976 and suffered Alzheimer's, kidney cancer and hepatitis C, died in ICE custody at an Arizona hospital in September.Sep 8, 2025·Eloy, AZ·Mexico·CNN,Physicians for Human Rights📦,Univision📦,Transparency Cascade📦,The Ice List📦,Quadratín Chihuahua📦
Grandmother detained by ICE after 47 years living legally in USA grandmother who had lived legally in the U.S. for 47 years was detained by ICE over 22 bad checks.Sep 8, 2025·First Alert 4📦,KCBD📦,MSN📦
Houston mother detained by ICE faces deportation to Belize, separated from childrenMargarita Avila, a 50-year-old Houston mother of two young sons, has been held since March 2025 as officials seek to deport her to Belize, the country she fled two decades ago.Sep 8, 2025·Houston, TX·Belize·Click2Houston📦,Texas Tribune📦,Ms. Magazine,Instagram📦
Flower vendor deported during Operation Midway BlitzLeodegario Martínez Barradas, a flower vendor, was arrested in Chicago's Archer Heights on Sept. 7, 2025, and deported to Mexico within days.Sep 7, 2025·Chicago, IL·Mexico·Chicago Tribune📦,The Derrick
Mexican man deported to South Sudan against court order returned to MexicoJesus Munoz-Gutierrez, a Mexican migrant previously ordered deported to Mexico, was instead flown to South Sudan in July 2025 before being returned to Mexico after a legal battle.Sep 6, 2025·Mexico·Al Jazeera📦,Associated Press📦,Africa📦,U.S. News & World Report📦,Radio Tamazuj📦,San Diego Voice📦,Info News
Salvadoran asylee self-deports after factory raid, leaving two sons behindHilda Gloria Yanez-Zavala, a Salvadoran asylee who worked legally at a Cato factory, was detained in a raid and separated from her two sons for a month before choosing to self-deport.Sep 6, 2025·Fulton, NY·El Salvador·syracuse.com+1📦,Instagram📦
Construction workers flee ICE raid near CIA headquartersConstruction workers fled an ICE raid near CIA headquarters in Virginia, with some scaling fences around the complex during the morning commute; no security breach occurred.Sep 5, 2025·Langley, Virginia·NBC News📦,Next MSC📦
Eight migrants held in shipping container for weeks, deported to South SudanEight migrants from six countries were held in a shipping container in Djibouti for six weeks before being deported to South Sudan on July 5, 2025. Six remain unaccounted for, possibly held at a security headquarters.Sep 5, 2025·PBS📦,Associated Press📦,El País+1📦,Third Country Deportation Watch📦,American Immigration Council📦,Global Security📦,International Rescue Committee📦,U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nursing mothers separated from infants as ICE detains 57 at Cato factoryFifty-seven workers were detained in a September 4, 2025 raid on a family-owned nutrition bar factory in Cato, New York, separating nursing mothers from infants and leaving children to return to empty homes.Sep 5, 2025·Cato, NY·Associated Press📦,EIN Presswire📦,CNY Central+2📦,Spectrum Local News📦,WSLS📦,WRVO📦,YouTube📦
Three immigrants detained by ICE in Northern California without a hearingThree immigrants held by ICE in Northern California won a court order on November 5, 2025, requiring a hearing before a neutral decisionmaker before any further detention or transfer.Sep 5, 2025·San Francisco, CA·CourtListener📦
