Rohingya asylum seeker held seven weeks by ICE after airport arrestMin Khant Zaw, a Rohingya activist and Georgia Tech graduate researcher who fled Myanmar in 2019, was detained at a New Orleans airport returning from visiting his grandparents. He spent seven weeks in detention before release on $40,000 bond.Sep 9, 2026·New Orleans, LA·Myanmar·Verite News,Everlit📦,Instagram📦
Two U.S. citizens detained by ICE at San Diego grocery storeBrooke Benner, an American citizen and mother, was handcuffed by ICE agents outside a San Diego grocery store after filming them detain another man. A second citizen nearby was tackled; both were held about seven hours and released without charges.Sep 16, 2025·San Diego, CA·NBC San Diego📦,Daylight San Diego📦,Instagram
U.S. citizen detained after agents break down doors of his Elgin homeJoe Botello, a U.S. citizen born in Texas, was handcuffed after federal agents broke down doors during an immigration raid in Elgin. He was released after agents scanned his driver's license, though his roommates were also detained.Sep 16, 2025·Elgin, IL·CBS News📦,Chicago Tribune📦,ABC7 Chicago📦
Geraldo Lunas Campos's death in ICE custody at Fort Bliss ruled homicideGeraldo Lunas Campos died after months held at the Fort Bliss ICE facility, his death ruled a homicide following reports an officer choked him. Another detained immigrant, Francisco Gaspar Andres, died there in December after not receiving adequate medical care.Sep 16, 2025·El Paso, TX·Washington Post📦,ACLU of Texas,Human Rights Watch,ACLU of New Mexico
Driver detained by ICE on Route 31 blocks from Elgin raidA driver was stopped and detained by ICE agents on Route 31 near Elgin shortly after a nearby home raid, one of several detentions across the Chicago area on September 16, 2025.Sep 16, 2025·Elgin, IL·ABC7 Chicago📦
Two U.S. citizens among seven detained in Elgin ICE raidSeven people, including two U.S. citizens, were detained when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem led a military-style raid on an Elgin home, breaking down doors before dawn. The citizens were released after showing driver's licenses.Sep 16, 2025·Elgin, IL·CBS News📦,Newsweek,ABC7 Chicago📦,Chicago Sun-Times,Patch
Former green card holder deported to Philippines after ICE arrest in MississippiRoberto Lacoss, a former green card holder from the Philippines, was arrested in Pearl, Mississippi, and complied with a judge's deportation order, departing for the Philippines with ICE officers confirming his exit.Sep 16, 2025·Pearl, MS·Philippines·Newsweek📦
5-year-old U.S. citizen with autism surrounded by ICE during father's arrestA 5-year-old U.S. citizen with autism was surrounded by agents outside her Leominster home as they tried to arrest her father, Edwards Hip Mejia, who has lived in the U.S. over two decades. He was later detained and granted bond.Sep 16, 2025·Leominster, MA·Guatemala·NBC News📦,Boston Globe,Boston.com,Instagram
Single father of six U.S. citizen children deported by ICEA single father of six U.S. citizen children was deported despite applying for a special visa and efforts to keep him with his family.Sep 15, 2025·Spokesman-Review📦,MSN+1
Green card holder and mother of six held four days for ICECristina Osornio, a legal resident and mother of six in the U.S. since infancy, was held four days on an ICE hold after a minor traffic stop. Her husband was earlier deported, costing the family their home.Sep 15, 2025·Rogers, AR·Mexico·Associated Press+1📦,Arkansas Times📦,Seattle Times📦,ABC10📦
West Africans deported to Ghana forcibly returned home despite US protection ordersMore than 30 people deported to Ghana, many with U.S. court orders against removal, were forcibly sent to their home countries. Rabbiatu Kuyateh was filmed dragged onto a van and returned to Sierra Leone despite torture fears.Sep 15, 2025·Accra, Ghana·Reuters📦,CNN📦,PBS📦,KWSN,Advancing Justice-AAJC,CP24
Man pulled from car in Chicago, wife and children left cryingA Venezuelan man was pulled from his car in Chicago's Little Village as his wife and two young children cried, despite claims he had legal status. Agents left without providing a warrant or his location.Sep 15, 2025·Chicago, IL·ABC7 Chicago+2📦,CourtListener📦
Masked agents break car windows, abandon vehicles during Chicago arrestsAgents broke a car's windows and moved it off the road while detaining someone on Chicago's southwest side, later returning the vehicle to family; several other vehicles were abandoned during the arrests.Sep 14, 2025·Chicago Illinois·WPXI📦,Real News Network📦,NPR+1📦,Star Tribune📦,Facebook
Seven car wash workers detained in Long Beach immigration raidSeven car wash workers from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico were arrested when masked agents in about 10 unmarked SUVs blocked a Long Beach car wash. One woman fainted while being placed into a federal vehicle.Sep 14, 2025·Long Beach, California·CBS News+1📦,FOX 11 Los Angeles📦,Long Beach Post📦,Long Beach Watchdog📦,TribLive📦,KTLA📦,The Ice List📦,Instagram📦
7 workers detained in ICE raid at Long Beach carwashSeven carwash workers from Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico were detained at Long Beach's Bixby Knolls Car Wash, despite having various forms of legal status, according to the manager.Sep 13, 2025·Long Beach, CA·CBS News📦,Long Beach Post📦,NBC Los Angeles📦
Father of five with stroke history detained by ICE at Home DepotMauricio Prado, 45, a father of five and stroke patient who has had six prior strokes, was detained at a Santa Ana Home Depot and later hospitalized.Sep 13, 2025·Garden Grove, CA·News 247 Plus📦,ABC7,GoFundMe📦
Detainees held for ICE moved from Sioux Falls jail to make roomThirty-five federal inmates, including ICE detainees, were transferred out of a Sioux Falls jail to make room for 44 people arrested in a state drug patrol.Sep 12, 2025·Sioux Falls, SD·South Dakota Searchlight+1📦,My Black Hills Country
Honduran sole caregiver of 6 young siblings detained by ICE in ReddingJosé Daniel López Peña, 26, the sole caregiver for his six young siblings, was detained near Redding while dropping off his girlfriend, prompting hundreds to protest.Sep 12, 2025·Redding, CA·Honduras·Action News Now📦,KRCR TV📦
Mexican father deported after traffic stop, leaving U.S. citizen children behindRuperto, a roofing contractor in Oklahoma for 28 years, was deported after a traffic stop, leaving his daughter in college and his son to support the family.Sep 12, 2025·Oklahoma City, OK·Mexico·The Oklahoman📦,News Block📦,Oklahoma Watch,Tulsa Flyer
Man detained by ICE in Chicago, lawyers denied access to himWillian Gimenez, a plaintiff suing Home Depot and off-duty Chicago police over targeting day laborers, was detained entering a barbershop with his wife in September.Sep 12, 2025·Chicago, IL·Venezuela·City Bureau📦,Democracy Now📦,Chicago Sun-Times📦,Instagram📦
Portland parent arrested by ICE outside school and deported to HondurasDenis Omar Rivera Martinez, 42, was arrested outside his child's school in Portland and deported to Honduras before he could answer a pending domestic violence charge in court.Sep 11, 2025·Portland, ME·Honduras·Maine Public📦,Press Herald+1📦,WABI📦,Bangor Daily News📦
