Miguel Ángel García Hernández killed shielding detainee during Dallas ICE facility shootingMiguel Ángel García Hernández, 31, a painter and father of four, died after shielding another detainee during a shooting at a Dallas ICE facility. He had come to the U.S. at 13.Sep 30, 2025·Dallas, TX·Mexico·CNN+2,USA Today📦,NBC DFW📦
Dozens including U.S. citizen detained in ICE raid on Chicago apartment buildingAbout 37 people, including Venezuelan migrants and at least one U.S. citizen, were detained in a September 30 Chicago raid involving helicopters, snipers and flash-bangs. Officials have not said how many remain held or what happened to children present.Sep 30, 2025·Chicago, IL·Venezuela·NPR📦,Chicago Tribune📦,Boston Globe📦
Second immigrant shot in ICE Dallas office attack diesMiguel Ángel García, 31, died after being taken off life support following a shooting at a Dallas ICE field office, where a gunman fired on a detainee transport van from a nearby rooftop.Sep 30, 2025·Dallas, TX·Reuters📦,Washington Post📦,CBS News📦,NPR📦,Bloomberg Law News📦
Honduran father dies within 18 hours in Nassau County ICE custodySantos Edilberto Banegas Reyes, a 42-year-old Honduran construction worker and father from Hempstead, died less than 18 hours after his ICE arrest. His family disputes officials' account and wants an independent autopsy.Sep 29, 2025·East Meadow, NY·Honduras·Univision📦,Physicians for Human Rights+1📦,Patch+1📦,Long Island Press📦,AOL📦,News 12 New York📦,Long Island Advocate📦,Transparency Cascade📦,The Border Reports📦,The Straits Times📦,New York Post,ICE
West Africans deported to Ghana left on Togo streets without documentsSix to ten West Africans, including Nigerian, Liberian, Gambian and Togolese nationals, were deported from the U.S. to Ghana in shackles, then transferred without papers across the border into Togo and left on the street.Sep 29, 2025·Lome, Togo·BBC📦,Washington Post,eNCA📦,France 24📦,News24📦
Green card holder with brain tumor held by ICE despite bond orderParamjit Singh, a green card holder who has run a Fort Wayne business for over 30 years, suffers from a progressive brain tumor and remains jailed despite a judge ordering his release on bond.Sep 29, 2025·Fort Wayne Indiana·India·The Intercept📦,Newsweek📦,Breezy Scroll📦,Times of India+1📦,News 24 Online📦,Business Today📦,Instagram📦
Iranian man forced onto ICE deportation flight to Tehran after suicide attemptAn Iranian deportee reportedly attempted suicide before ICE agents forced him onto a flight to Tehran, part of a U.S. operation that returned political activists and religious minorities despite fears of persecution.Sep 29, 2025·Iran·The Intercept📦,Iran International📦,ABC News
Father of three fatally shot by gunman outside Dallas ICE facilityMiguel García-Hernández, a husband and father of three awaiting intake at a Dallas ICE facility, was shot outside the facility on Sept. 24 and died Sept. 29.Sep 29, 2025·Dallas, TX·Mexico·NPR📦,The Guardian📦,FOX 4 News📦,Star Tribune📦,Washington Post📦
Father arrested by ICE in Millennium Park, held in Texas without familyJaime Ramirez was detained with his wife and two children during an outing at Millennium Park and flown to a Texas facility; his family was later released, but he remains detained.Sep 28, 2025·Chicago, IL·Guatemala·Chicago Tribune📦,Block Club Chicago📦,NBC Chicago📦,ABC7 Chicago📦
Children face water shortages, sleep deprivation in Texas ICE detentionChildren and families held at a Texas detention center face prolonged detention, shortages of clean water, sleep deprivation, inadequate medical care and lack of hygiene products, watchdog groups alleged.Sep 28, 2025·Dilley, TX·The Guardian📦,Associated Press📦,Texas Tribune📦,KRGV📦
Marine's father deported to Mexico after ICE arrest at Camp PendletonEsteban Rios, who came to the U.S. over 30 years ago and has a son serving as a Marine, was detained while visiting his pregnant daughter and deported to Mexico on Oct. 10.Sep 28, 2025·San Diego, CA·Mexico·Associated Press📦,NBC San Diego📦,Marine Corps Times📦,Orange County Register📦,ABC11📦
Guyana-born Des Moines schools superintendent arrested by ICEIan Roberts, superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools and a Guyana native who came on a student visa in 1999, was arrested on a fugitive warrant and has left his post.Sep 27, 2025·Des Moines, IA·Guyana·Fox News+1📦,Education Week📦,The Center Square📦
Photographer shot with pepper balls at Illinois ICE facilityFreelance photojournalist Dave Decker was shot multiple times with pepper balls while covering protests outside an Illinois ICE facility, after officers appeared to single him out.Sep 27, 2025·Broadview, IL·Press Freedom Tracker+1📦,Radio Free
Honduran national dies in ICE custody in New York facilityA 42-year-old Honduran man died while held at a Nassau County, New York facility in late September 2025, one of at least 16 ICE detainee deaths recorded since January.Sep 26, 2025·Nassau County, NY·Honduras·The Guardian📦,NPR📦,CBS News📦
Yuma barber with pregnant U.S. citizen wife detained by ICE mid-haircutMaikol Carreno, a 24-year-old Venezuelan barber in Yuma, was detained mid-haircut and sent to Eloy Detention Center. His wife, nearing childbirth, struggled for days to reach him.Sep 26, 2025·Yuma, AZ·Venezuela·AZ Family+1📦,Copper Courier,Univision
Journalist shot in face, head with pepper balls at Broadview ICE facilityJournalist Leigh Kunkel was shot in the face and head with pepper balls by federal officers while covering a protest outside the Broadview, Illinois ICE facility in September 2025.Sep 26, 2025·Broadview, IL·CBS News+2📦,Press Freedom Tracker+1📦,Radio Free📦
Wife shoved to ground by ICE officer in New York courthouse hallwayA woman was shoved to the ground by an ICE officer in a New York courthouse hallway after agents tried to detain her husband. The officer was placed on leave.Sep 26, 2025·New York, New York·Ecuador·Associated Press📦,BBC📦,NPR📦,CNN📦,NY1📦,ABC7 News📦
Special education paraprofessional detained after parking lot collision with ICE vehicleA 25-year-old special education paraprofessional in Inver Grove Heights was held nearly 12 hours after her car collided with an ICE vehicle in a school parking lot, then released.Sep 26, 2025·Inver Grove Heights, MN·Guatemala·Snopes📦,Instagram📦
Green card holder violently arrested by ICE in front of autistic sonHilda Ramirez Sanan, 50, a green card holder of over 20 years, was pulled from her car and beaten by masked ICE agents in front of her autistic 13-year-old son. She is now suing.Sep 26, 2025·Chelsea, MA·The Guardian,WGBH📦,Lawyers for Civil Rights📦,Briefly,Boston Globe
Father of four with work permit arrested by ICE in BostonNicolas W., 43, a Guatemalan father of four who owned a tow truck company and held a valid work permit, was grabbed by a masked agent outside a Boston Home Depot and detained.September 26, 2025·Boston, MA·Guatemala·Human Rights Watch📦
