Yebio K.: Intellectually disabled man with heart failure denied care at California ICE jailYebio Kifle, 48, intellectually disabled with congestive heart failure, suffered severe medical neglect at a California detention facility. A judge has now ordered ICE to provide adequate healthcare there.Feb 11, 2026·California City, CA·Eritrea·The Guardian📦,Los Angeles Times📦,KQED+1📦,KFIAM 640📦,San Francisco Chronicle📦
Alejandro V.A.: Immigrant's release from ICE custody frozen by appeals courtAlejandro Villegas Angel was freed after a judge granted him a bond hearing, but an appeals court has now paused that release order, leaving his case in limbo.Feb 10, 2026·Heritage Review📦,United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit📦
Carlos R.C.: Guatemalan man in U.S. since 2005 held by ICE without bond hearingCarlos Roldan Chang, 44, has lived in the U.S. since 2005 and was held at the McCook facility without a bond hearing. A judge ordered ICE to give him one within seven days or release him.Feb 10, 2026·McCook, NE·Guatemala·Nebraska Examiner📦,Yankton Daily News📦,ACLU of Nebraska📦,Omaha World-Herald📦
Jimmy P.: Georgia man with heart transplant and TPS detained by ICEJimmy Paz, who has lived in the U.S. for 21 years and had a heart transplant four years ago, was detained during a January traffic stop despite showing valid ID.Feb 10, 2026·Folkston, GA·Venezuela·WRDW📦,Atlanta News First+1📦,11Alive📦,WJCL📦
Jose Manuel C.L.: Mexican man detained as ICE breaks into PA home with children insideJose Manuel Cordova Lopez was taken into custody after agents broke down doors at his Pennsylvania home, where two minors were present. His family says an agent struck a relative, and the operation disrupted the neighborhood.Feb 10, 2026·Trooper, PA·Mexico·CBS News+1📦,North Penn Now📦,Pottstown Mercury📦,Trib📦,6ABC📦,Perk Valley Now📦,NBC Philadelphia📦
Becky R.: Mother of seven arrested by ICE while observing enforcement operation in MinnesotaBecky Ringstrom, 42, a mother of seven, was arrested while watching an ICE operation near her Minneapolis-area home and following agents' vehicle at a distance. She was cited for allegedly impeding law enforcement.Feb 10, 2026·Minneapolis, Minnesota·Reuters,CBS News📦,Arizona Daily Sun📦,AOL📦,Detroit News,Jalopnik📦,WHBL📦,U.S. News & World Report,KSL📦,Spokesman-Review📦
Detainees report inhumane conditions at Whipple Federal Building ICE facilityPeople held at the Whipple Federal Building detention facility described poor conditions and a lack of basic humanitarian treatment. Activists have called for the facility to close and for ICE to leave the site.Feb 10, 2026·Minnesota, MN·CBS News📦,Union-Bulletin📦,The Independent📦,Fairbanks News-Miner📦,U.S. House of Representatives📦,Instagram📦
Three deported migrants die when boat capsizes off PanamaA boat carrying 16 migrants deported from the U.S. and rerouted to Tapachula capsized off Panama, killing two Venezuelan women and one Colombian man; one survivor was pulled from under the hull.Feb 10, 2026·Guna Yala, Panama·Venezuela·Forbidden Stories📦,De Último Minuto
Venezuelan family self-deports to Mexico after ICE arrests husband and sonA Venezuelan family who entered legally through CBP One chose to leave for Mexico after ICE detained the husband at work and the son at a construction site, fearing deportation to Venezuela.Feb 10, 2026·Juarez, Mexico·Venezuela·Associated Press📦,WGN Radio📦,Border Report,Latin Times📦
Martin R.: Father with kidney failure deported to Mexico, needs dialysis every other dayMartin Romero, a father with lupus, kidney failure and other serious conditions, was deported to Mexico and now needs dialysis every other day. His daughter started a fundraiser to help cover his medical costs.Fundraiser onlyFeb 10, 2026·Gresham, OR·Mexico·GoFundMe📦
Adults who helped California students protest ICE investigated by Clovis policeClovis high schoolers walked out of class on Feb. 10, 2026 to protest immigration enforcement after an ICU nurse died in a raid; police are investigating up to six adults who helped organize it.Feb 10, 2026·Clovis, CA·IJPR📦,CalMatters📦,Davis Vanguard📦
Adelso B.: Syracuse painter detained by ICE near his home, held 21 daysAdelso Bravo, a 39-year-old Guatemalan painter who had lived in Syracuse over 20 years, was detained near his home for 21 days before his wife, lawyers and community members raised $18,000 to free him on bond.Feb 10, 2026·Syracuse, NY·Guatemala·syracuse.com+2📦,CBS12📦,Colorado Public Radio📦,Instagram📦
Amandla T.J.: British student journalist's Google data handed to ICE without court approvalAmandla Thomas-Johnson, a British doctoral student and journalist at Cornell, had his personal and financial data handed to ICE by Google under a gag order, 90 minutes after his visa was revoked over a protest.Feb 9, 2026·Ithaca, NY·United Kingdom·The Intercept📦,Electronic Frontier Foundation📦,Thought Police📦,Find Articles,Intolerance News,Instagram📦
Teen brothers document ICE and Border Patrol operations in Minneapolis and ChicagoTeen brothers Ben, 17, and Sam Luhmann, 16, traveled to Minneapolis and Chicago to film immigration enforcement, capturing a tear gas attack, pepper spraying, and a father arrested in front of his children.Feb 9, 2026·Minneapolis, MN·CBS News📦,CTV News📦,WTTW📦,CNN📦,WBEZ📦,is.gd📦,Daily Herald,Chicago Sun-Times
Asylum seeker with work permit held by ICE for monthsA Guatemalan asylum seeker with a valid work permit through 2028 was detained for months before a judge ordered his immediate release, ruling he had a protected right to stay free.Feb 9, 2026·California City, CA·CourtListener
Rümeysa Ö.: Turkish doctoral student held by ICE over op-ed suffers 12 asthma attacksRümeysa Öztürk, a 30-year-old Turkish doctoral student at Tufts, was detained for 45 days and suffered asthma attacks after co-writing a pro-Palestinian op-ed; a judge later terminated her deportation case.Feb 9, 2026·Somerville, MA·Turkey·CNN📦,Los Angeles Times📦,KTVZ📦,Boston.com+1📦,The Columbian📦,ACLU📦,WBUR📦
Children's letters about conditions seized and destroyed at Dilley ICE facilityDetained children at a Dilley family facility had letters and drawings describing conditions seized and destroyed; after a lawsuit, ICE released just nine pages of the confiscated materials.Feb 9, 2026·Dilley, TX·KBPP📦,Truthout📦,Mueller She Wrote,SA Current,Instagram📦
Roberto: Father of 9-day-old son detained by ICE, deported to GuatemalaRoberto, a new father, was detained by ICE nine days after his son's birth and deported to Guatemala two months later, leaving his partner María alone caring for their newborn.Fundraiser onlyFeb 9, 2026·PG, MD·Guatemala·GoFundMe📦
Kevin: Nashville hotel worker jailed 21 days without phone call, then deportedKevin (a pseudonym) worked at the Gaylord hotel and an Italian restaurant in Nashville, where his U.S. citizen girlfriend lives. Jailed after a traffic stop, he was refused a call while officers laughed.Feb 8, 2026·Nashville, TN·Honduras·HUMSI field interview
Qing W.: Chinese truck driver and father detained by ICE at weigh stationA Chinese truck driver with a wife and child and no criminal history was detained at a weigh station after two years in the U.S. A court ordered him a bond hearing within seven days.Feb 8, 2026·Between Texas and New Mexico·China·CourtListener📦
