Philippe K.: Former Michigan graduate student detained by ICE for second timePhilippe Kame, a former University of Michigan graduate student and architectural designer, was detained a second time in April 2026 while on approved leave. He was released on $8,000 bond after about a month.Apr 27, 2025·Ann Arbor, MI·Michigan Daily📦,MLive
ICE imposes new restrictions on congressional visits to detention facilitiesReps. Mike Levin and Sara Jacobs made an unannounced oversight visit to Otay Mesa detention facility, after which ICE issued a new policy requiring two days' notice and detainee consent before lawmakers can speak with them.Apr 2, 2026·San Diego, CA·The Guardian📦,KPBS📦,WGN Radio📦,iNews Source📦,Spectrum Local News
Woman arrested by ICE at domestic violence courthouse despite ban, officials sayA woman was arrested at the Cook County Domestic Violence Courthouse on March 13, which officials say violated an Illinois law and court order banning immigration arrests at courthouses.Apr 2, 2026·Chicago, IL·CBS News📦,Rochester First📦,American Immigration Council📦,Courthouse News📦
Subu V.: Green card holder, 64, detained by ICE after 40 years in prisonSubramanyam Vedam, 64, spent over 40 years wrongly imprisoned before ICE detained him days before he would have become a citizen. A judge ruled he can stay, citing his rehabilitation and mentoring of nieces he met in prison.Apr 2, 2026·State College, PA·India·Associated Press📦,CNN+1📦,The Guardian,NBC News,Centre Daily📦,Philadelphia Inquirer📦,AOL📦,Times of India📦,Madison365,Instagram📦
Families of missing migrants cut off from DNA database identifying remainsA DNA database that helped identify remains of missing migrants at the border for a decade has been inaccessible since fall 2024, leaving families like Irma Carrillo Nevares's without answers.Apr 2, 2026·Tucson, AZ·Mexico·High Country News📦,KJZZ📦
U.S. citizens and immigrants had homes entered by ICE without warrantsSix people, including Teyana and Garrison Gibson Brown and Noe Alfredo Salguero, whose homes were entered in January 2026, are suing DHS over a secret policy letting agents enter homes without a judicial warrant.Apr 2, 2026·Minneapolis, MN·Protect Democracy+1📦,Institute for Policy Studies📦,ACLU of DC📦
Tuberculosis outbreak at nation's largest immigration detention center in El Paso, TexasNearly 3,000 people a day have been held at Camp East Montana in El Paso, where a rushed opening led to $11.5 million wasted on meals, 49 safety deficiencies, a tuberculosis outbreak, and at least three deaths.Apr 2, 2026·El Paso, TX·Associated Press📦,USA Today,KTSM,Houston Chronicle,Spectrum Local News
Jesus V.: Fort Worth father of four deported to Mexico after routine ICE check-inJesus Vazquez, 25, who came to the U.S. as a baby, was deported to Mexico in March 2026 after an ICE check-in arrest, leaving his wife Cassidy and four young children in Fort Worth.Apr 2, 2026·Fort Worth, TX·Mexico·Fort Worth Star-Telegram📦,World News📦
David A.P.: 35-year-old Salvadoran man arrested by ICE in San DiegoDavid Antonio Aviles Perez, 35, wanted in El Salvador for a 2014 gang killing, was arrested again in San Diego after a prior 2023 release under California's sanctuary law. He is now held awaiting deportation.Apr 2, 2026·San Diego, CA·El Salvador·Fox News+1📦,Department of Homeland Security📦,Punjab Outlook📦,Noti Occidente📦
Abel R.: Man with schizophrenia deported to Mexico by ICE, family cannot find himAbel Ramirez, who has schizophrenia and has had two strokes, was deported to Mexico after coming to the U.S. as a child. His family is searching for him.Apr 2, 2026·Mexico·Univision📦,Threads,Instagram📦
Enrique: Man in U.S. since age three deported by ICE over plate lightEnrique, brought to the U.S. at age three and raised there for 24 years, was detained after a minor traffic stop. He now lives in Mexico, running his business remotely.Social media onlyApr 2, 2026·Mexico·Instagram📦
José Ignacio C.: Vermont immigrant rights organizer arrested, charged with smuggling after prior border stopJosé Ignacio 'Nacho' De La Cruz, 30, a Migrant Justice organizer, was detained in March 2026 and charged with smuggling and fraud counts. A judge released him on bond in April after he pleaded not guilty.Apr 2, 2026·Burlington, VT·Mexico·VT Digger📦,Vermont Daily Chronicle📦,Boston Globe📦,Burlington Free Press📦,Instagram📦
Josué: Honduran asylum seeker deported, then sought by gang that killed his sisterJosué (a pseudonym) turned himself in to seek asylum and was waiting for his hearing. Deported to Honduras after months locked up, he found the gang that killed his sister looking for him.Apr 2026·San Antonio, TX·Honduras·HUMSI field interview
Woman with broken ankle held by ICE over a year without surgeryA woman with a broken ankle was detained at Eloy Detention Center for over a year, just a day before her scheduled surgery, and never received the operation or a diabetic diet despite her diagnoses.Apr 2026·Eloy, AZ·Firrp📦
Yesenia M.V.: Pregnant woman held four months by ICE, no ultrasound until seventh monthYesenia Mejia-Valesquez (a pseudonym), held four months at Eloy, missed early prenatal care and later learned she had preeclampsia and her baby needs heart surgery. She was released to family at about eight months pregnant.Apr 2026·Eloy, AZ·Firrp📦
Ramon M.T.: Young man with leukemia detained by ICE, shackled during chemotherapyRamon Mendez-Tum (a pseudonym), a 24-year-old with leukemia, was detained at a traffic stop heading to chemotherapy, then shackled during hospital stays and cut off from lawyers for months. A judge finally ordered his release.Apr 2026·Florence, AZ·Firrp📦
Luis C.T.: Longtime resident held without a bond hearing at California City Detention FacilityA longtime U.S. resident held during removal proceedings at a California City facility was ordered released after a court found he was wrongly denied a bond hearing.Apr 1, 2026·California City, CA·CourtListener
Jaqueline J.G.: Nicaraguan asylum seeker, 51, detained at ICE check-in after years of complianceA 51-year-old Nicaraguan asylum seeker with no criminal history was re-detained during a routine check-in after nearly three and a half years of compliance. A court ordered her immediate release, citing a due process violation.Apr 1, 2026·Nicaragua·CourtListener📦
Canadian grandfather with green card deported after 62 days in ICE custodyA 61-year-old Canadian green card holder was deported to Toronto after 62 days in ICE custody, including time at the "Alligator Alcatraz" facility. Now in Montreal driving for DoorDash, he remains separated from his wife, children and grandchildren in Naples.Apr 2026·Florida, FL·Canada·CTV News📦,Academic Jobs📦,WSLR,Over Here Toronto,Instagram📦
Ezequiel V.: Venezuelan doctor married to U.S. citizen detained at Border Patrol checkpointDr. Ezequiel Veliz, a Venezuelan physician and medical resident in Texas, was detained at a checkpoint after his protected status was revoked. Married to a U.S. citizen, he was granted bond following medical community outcry and a lawmaker's intervention.Apr 2026·Sarita, TX·Venezuela·LinkedIn📦,Archy Newsy+1📦,American Medical Writers Association📦,American College of Emergency Physicians📦,Valley Central📦,MySA📦,World Today News📦,KRGV📦,Instagram+3📦
Emmanuel L.: Corrections recruit with work permit held by ICE a monthEmmanuel Landila, a Cumberland County corrections recruit, was pulled from his car by agents in Portland while shouting that he worked in law enforcement. After a month in jail, a judge released him on bond.Apr 1, 2026·Portland, ME·WMTW+1📦,WABI📦
