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Driver detained by ICE on Route 31 blocks from Elgin raid

A 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 raid, later released

Seven 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 Mississippi

Roberto 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 arrest

A 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 ICE

A 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 ICE

Cristina 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 orders

More 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 crying

A 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 arrests

Agents 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 raid

Seven 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 carwash

Seven 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 Depot

Mauricio 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 room

Thirty-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 Redding

José 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 behind

Ruperto, 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 him

Willian 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 Honduras

Denis 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📦

Indian truck driver arrested at New Hampshire inspection station

Satvir Singh, an interstate truck driver from Punjab who lived in New Jersey, was arrested at a New Hampshire inspection station after over eight years in the country; he remains held.

Sep 11, 2025·Hillsborough, NH·India·

FreightWaves📦,Shore News Network📦,New Indian Express,Times of India,New India Abroad

Mother of Teen Beaten by ICE Deported Days After Family Spoke Out

Teresa de Jesus Ochoa Briseño, a cook arrested outside her Alamo restaurant, was deported to Mexico the same day, ten days after her son Luis, 17, said agents broke his wrist.

Sep 11, 2025·Alamo, TX·

Newsweek📦,International Business Times📦,CRBC News,Stars and Stripes,Eyes On Ice

Young man dragged from car, punched by ICE agents in Texas stop

A young man was pulled from his car, thrown to the ground and punched by ICE agents during a roadside stop in Alamo, Texas, as bystanders recorded and tried to warn others.

Social media onlySep 11, 2025·Alamo, TX·

Instagram📦

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