Mahdi K.: Chiropractor detained by ICE while dropping child off at Oregon preschoolMahdi Khanbabazadeh, a 38-year-old Iranian chiropractor, was arrested while dropping his child at a Beaverton preschool, agents breaking his car window to remove him. He is held in Tacoma; his family says he had already applied for a green card.Jul 21, 2025·Beaverton, OR·Iran·TIME📦,CBS News+1📦,OPB📦,IJPR📦,AOL📦,KGW+1📦,The Oregonian📦,MS Now📦,The Independent+1📦,Yahoo News📦,Sitka Sentinel📦,Instagram📦
Detainees at three Florida immigration centers denied insulin and inhalersA Human Rights Watch report found detainees at three Florida facilities denied insulin and inhalers, forced to sleep on concrete floors, and facing excessive force; substandard care was linked to two deaths.Jul 21, 2025·Miami, FL·Human Rights Watch+2📦,ACLU Florida📦,Amnesty USA📦,Economic Times📦,HuffPost📦
Dan M.: Key West man held 8 hours by CBP for filming an arrestDan Mathers of Key West was arrested while filming a Border Patrol agent detaining a Haitian immigrant, held eight hours in Marathon, and couldn't reach his family until 9:15pm.Jul 21, 2025·Key West Florida·Haiti·Gwen Filosa📦,Threads,Instagram📦
82-year-old deported after green card appointmentAn 82-year-old Pennsylvania man, granted asylum in 1987 after nearly 40 years in the U.S., was deported to Guatemala while trying to replace his lost green card; his family later found him hospitalized there.Jul 21, 2025·Allentown, PA·Chile·Times of India📦,Instagram📦
Hector G.: Construction worker crushed to death building Camp East MontanaHector González, 38, a construction worker, was crushed to death by falling materials while building a detention camp at Fort Bliss; OSHA cited three subcontractors but not the prime contractor.Jul 21, 2025·Fort Bliss, TX·The New Yorker📦,Associated Press,Spectrum Local News📦,Winnipeg Free Press,InterNewsCast
Gaetano M.C.: Italian man says ICE denied him a lawyer at Alligator AlcatrazGaetano Cateno Mirabella Costa, 45, an Italian from Sicily, is held at a Florida detention camp with 32 others in cramped conditions, denied a lawyer, and has appeared shackled in court, his mother says.Jul 21, 2025·Osceola County, FL·Italy·CNN📦,WSVN📦,WRAL📦,Cuba Headlines📦,Il Sole 24 Ore📦
Three Cuban immigrants say ICE wrongly classified them, blocking legal statusThree Cuban nationals, detained on entry and released under a disputed form, sued ICE, saying the agency's classification wrongly blocked them from adjusting their status under the Cuban Adjustment Act.Jul 21, 2025·Washington, DC·Cuba·Clearinghouse📦,Cuba Headlines+2📦,CiberCuba📦,Miami Herald📦
Family self-deporting over ICE operations surrenders German Shepherd of five yearsA family self-deporting amid ICE enforcement had to surrender Draco, their 6-year-old German Shepherd of over five years, to Los Angeles County animal control because airlines wouldn't allow him on their flight.Jul 20, 2025·Los Angeles, CA·People📦,CourtListener,Instagram📦
Lewelyn D.: Green card holder of 50 years held by ICE nearly three monthsLewelyn Dixon, a UW Medicine lab technician who arrived from the Philippines at 14, was detained nearly three months at Seattle-Tacoma Airport over a decades-old conviction. A judge ruled against deportation, and she became a citizen on July 20.Jul 20, 2025·Tacoma, WA·Philippines·NBC News📦,Newsweek,Seattle Times+2📦,Fox 13 Seattle📦,KUOW+1📦,Archive.is,Tri-City Herald,OPB
Luis L.: Chilean grandfather, 82, deported to Guatemala, now hospitalizedLuis Leon, 82, who has diabetes and high blood pressure, was detained by ICE while replacing his lost green card and later deported to Guatemala, where he is now hospitalized.Jul 19, 2025·The Independent📦
Derlis C.T.: Queens 11th grader forced to sleep sitting up in ICE detentionDerlis Snaider Chusin Toaquiza, a 19-year-old Ecuadorian asylum-seeker and Queens high schooler, was detained at a court hearing and held in overcrowded facilities for weeks. He reunited with family after a $20,000 bond secured his release.Jul 18, 2025·Ridgewood, NY·Ecuador·Washington Post📦,AM New York📦,Patch📦,FOX 5 New York📦,Media News Source+1📦,NY1📦,Gothamist+1📦,The New York Times
Man tackled by plainclothes ICE agents leaving Philadelphia courthouseMore than 50 people rallied in Philadelphia after plainclothes ICE agents, aided by local police, tackled a man leaving a courthouse without identifying themselves or showing a warrant. Organizers said the cooperation violated the city's sanctuary status.Jul 18, 2025·Philadelphia, PA·CBS News📦,Billy Penn📦
Leonardo C.S.: Venezuelan soccer coach detained by CBP, tortured in El Salvador prisonLeonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old former youth soccer coach with no criminal history, was deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison in March 2025, where he says guards tortured him. He returned to Venezuela in July in a prisoner swap.Jul 18, 2025·Venezuela·ProPublica+1📦,CBS News📦,Washington Post📦,Firstpost📦,U.S. News & World Report📦,The Straits Times📦,Texas Tribune📦
José C.R.: Guatemalan man dies soon after ICE arrest in Passaic raidJosé Efraín Chajón Raxón, a Guatemalan man swept up in Passaic, New Jersey raids, died after a medical emergency following his detention at Delaney Hall. Officials say he had already been released, but reporting disputes the timeline.Jul 18, 2025·Passaic, NJ·Guatemala·Associated Press,Documented📦,Status Coup,Jersey Vindicator,News AR
Venezuelan men expelled to Salvadoran prison despite court order allege tortureMore than 230 Venezuelan men were flown to El Salvador's CECOT prison and allege months of torture there. They are now suing the aviation companies that carried out the flights.Jul 17, 2025·Venezuela·The Guardian📦,Latin Times📦,Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights,Democracy Now,Institute for Policy Studies
Jose C.: U.S. citizen documenting Sacramento Home Depot raid detained by Border PatrolJose Castillo, a U.S. citizen volunteering to monitor immigration enforcement, was detained after Border Patrol accused him of damaging a tire during a Sacramento Home Depot raid that arrested 11 undocumented immigrants. He was later released.Jul 17, 2025·Sacramento, CA·Mexico·Sacramento Bee📦,KCRA📦
Jose Manuel C.: U.S. citizen volunteer charged during ICE raid at Sacramento Home DepotJose Manuel Castillo Jr., a U.S. citizen and immigrant advocacy volunteer, was charged after allegedly puncturing a Border Patrol vehicle's tire during a July 17 ICE raid at a Home Depot. His attorney says he was only documenting arrests.Jul 17, 2025·Sacramento, CA·CBS News📦,KCRA📦,ABC10📦,Daily Democrat📦,Folsom Times📦
Key West student, 18, deported to Honduras, now with grandparentsA Key West High School senior and wrestler, 18, was detained while driving to school and deported to Honduras within a week. He now lives with grandparents near San Pedro Sula.Jul 16, 2025·Key West, FL·Mexico·Keys News📦,Gwen Filosa📦,Telemundo 51,NBC Miami,Instagram📦
Zia S.: Afghan interpreter for U.S. troops detained by ICE at green card appointmentZia S., 35, an Afghan father of five who translated for U.S. troops, was detained outside a USCIS office in July. He was freed Oct. 14 and reunited with his family.Jul 16, 2025·East Hartford, CT·Afghanistan·Newsweek,New Haven Independent📦,CT Insider,NBC Connecticut
Juana M.: Military spouse held by ICE at green card interview while husband deployedJuana McIntosh, a Guatemalan national married to a deployed U.S. Air Force member, was detained during her green card interview in Atlanta, based on a 2012 removal order.Jul 16, 2025·Atlanta, GA·Guatemala·Newsweek+1📦
