Meenu B.: Court interpreter held 45 days by ICE, denied food and medicationMeenu Batra, a court interpreter and single mother of four whose youngest just joined the Army, was held 45 days despite valid work authorization. A judge ordered her release, citing denied food, water and medication.May 5, 2026·Hercules, CA·India·CBS News📦,CNN📦,Newsweek📦,Times of India+3📦,New England Herald📦,Economic Times📦,News18 One📦,Mathrubhumi (English)📦,Laredo's News📦,Financial Express📦,The Local Report📦,American Bazaar Online📦,ATA📦,India Today📦,Good Morning America📦,Daily Mail📦,The Mirror📦,NDTV📦,ABC News📦,FOX RGV📦,Instagram+2📦
Ytalo M.V.: Peruvian asylum seeker who followed every court order detained at AdelantoA Peruvian asylum seeker with no criminal history and strong community ties was detained at Adelanto despite complying with all immigration procedures. A court ordered his immediate release, finding his detention unconstitutional.May 4, 2026·Adelanto, CA·Peru·CourtListener📦
Estuardo G.C. and Madina A.: Man who arrived alone at 10 detained by Border PatrolA man brought to the U.S. as a 10-year-old in 2018 was detained during a Border Patrol stop; a judge ordered him freed. A woman held at Karnes County was also ordered released.May 4, 2026·Karnes City, TX·CourtListener+1📦
Ricky C.: Minnesota engineer and Laotian refugee detained by ICE, faced deportation to LaosRicky Chandee, a 52-year-old Minneapolis engineer and Laotian refugee, was detained at home and faced deportation over a decades-old conviction. Minnesota's pardon board granted him clemency one day before his scheduled removal.May 4, 2026·Minnesota·Laos·CBS News📦,MPR News+2📦,Sahan Journal📦,North Shore Journal📦,Star Tribune📦,Instagram+1📦
Chansarath D.: Cambodian refugee held by ICE though Cambodia has refused to take himA Cambodian refugee who came to the U.S. as a child in 1982 was detained in May 2026 after 25 years on supervised release following a 1997 drug conviction. A judge ordered his immediate release, citing agency rule violations.May 4, 2026·Brooklyn, NY·Cambodia·CourtListener📦
Manuela H.: Colombian asylum seeker held five months by ICE over broken monitorManuela Hernandez, a Colombian asylum seeker, was held five months after her ankle monitor broke in a household accident, suffering fainting spells and an infection. She was released in May and reunited with her family.May 4, 2026·California City, CA·Bakersfield Now+1📦,J. Gold Law📦
Diana M.R.: Mother of two drops self-deportation plan after husband deported from AuroraDiana Marquez Ruiz, a single mother of two, planned to self-deport after her husband was removed from Aurora detention center but turned back on the drive, unwilling to leave her family dog behind.May 4, 2026·Centennial, CO·Denver Post📦
Darwin O.M.: Riverside man held incommunicado by ICE for three daysDarwin Ortega Montufar was held incommunicado for three days after being arrested while heading to work in Riverside County. A judge ordered his release in April 2026, citing due process violations.May 4, 2026·Riverside, CA·Press Enterprise📦,Blue Water Healthy Living📦
Over 20 undocumented people taken from Laredo home by Border Patrol, HSIMore than 20 undocumented people were removed from a home on Smith Avenue in Laredo during a joint federal and state operation.May 4, 2026·Laredo, TX·KGNS📦
Hana F.: Portland protester arrested at hotel sit-in during May Day demonstrationHana Francis, 26, was arrested during a hotel lobby sit-in on Southwest 2nd Avenue amid Portland's May Day protests and charged with second-degree criminal trespass.May 4, 2026·Portland, OR·KATU📦
Six people arrested by ICE in Seattle, held for deportationSix people were taken into custody in Seattle pending deportation, including a Mexican man, a Laotian man, and a woman convicted of a 2025 drug offense.May 3, 2026·Seattle, WA·Seattle Red📦,CourtListener
Marcus: Father and daughter displaced by Operation Metro Surge ICE enforcementA father named Marcus and his daughter are living in a campsite after enforcement activity under Operation Metro Surge, seeking donations to help prevent his deportation.May 3, 2026·ImpactGuru📦,The Wish Wall📦,Njump📦,Instagram📦
Axel A.R.: High school junior brought to U.S. at 4 deported to HondurasAxel Gerardo Archaga Rios, 18, a Dunwoody High School junior who came to the U.S. at age 4, was deported to Honduras after a traffic stop and is now living with his grandmother.May 3, 2026·Dunwoody, GA·Honduras·CBS News+1📦,Univision📦,CNN📦,Atlanta News First📦,Yahoo News📦,11Alive📦,WRDW+1📦,Instagram+4📦
Stephani E.F.: Woman held by ICE at Adelanto wins temporary halt to deportationA woman held at Adelanto ICE Processing Center asked a court to block her deportation, winning a temporary order stopping her transfer ahead of a May 8 hearing.May 2, 2026·Adelanto, CA·CourtListener📦
Thirteen arrested as thousands join peaceful Portland May Day marchesThousands marched peacefully for May Day, linking labor and immigrant rights; twelve people were arrested near an ICE facility and during a hotel sit-in, with one officer hospitalized.May 2, 2026·Portland, OR·KGW📦,KATU📦,KPTV📦
Ranjani S.: Fulbright scholar's visa revoked, fled to Canada after ICE visitsRanjani Srinivasan, a Fulbright scholar and Columbia doctoral student from India, had her visa revoked without explanation after ICE agents visited her building three times. She fled and remains in Canada.May 2, 2026·New York, NY·India·Bwog📦,Times of India+2📦,Trump Whack📦,Norman Finkelstein📦
Juan G.: Guatemalan man deported with no word on promised paymentJuan Gaspar, from a village near Quetzaltenango, was deported after signing a voluntary departure agreement. A week later he had received no message with stipend collection details, though officers had taken his phone number.May 2, 2026·Quetzaltenango, GT·Guatemala·El País📦
Several protesters arrested at Portland ICE facility on May DaySeveral hundred protesters gathered at Portland's ICE facility on May Day; police moved in after some marched onto the driveway and rattled its gate, making multiple arrests.May 2, 2026·Portland, OR·KPTV📦,KATU📦,The Oregonian
Teen detained by ICE after trooper's Signal tip-offAn 18-year-old high school senior was pulled over in Austin and detained after a trooper texted his ID to ICE on Signal; he was later freed after a court challenge.May 1, 2026·Austin, TX·Click2Houston,KXAN+1,Instagram📦
Dilcia: Honduran mother torn from autistic U.S. citizen son after 24 yearsDilcia (a pseudonym) raised four children alone on two jobs in Texas, and her youngest, 19, is autistic and depends on her. Taken on her way to her restaurant job, she was deported nine days later without seeing a judge.May 2026·Galveston, TX·Honduras·HUMSI field interview📦,Instagram
