Carlitos P.: ICE detainee shows video of contaminated water with worms at California facilityCarlitos Ricardo Parias, held at Adelanto detention facility, filmed drinking water apparently contaminated with worm-like creatures, weeks after a judge ordered clean water access there.Aug 3, 2026·Adelanto, CA·The Guardian📦,Los Angeles Times📦,NPR📦,Instagram📦
Iowa single father shot twice held by ICE, denied pain medicationFelipe de Jesus Hernandez Marcelo, a single father and construction worker from Mexico shot twice in a robbery, was detained after going to police to retrieve his car and is now denied bond despite seeking a crime-victim visa.Sep 17, 2025·Muscatine, IA·Mexico·NBC News+1📦,Washington Post📦,Newsweek,Associated Press+1,Minnesota Reformer📦,Info News,CBS 2 Iowa,The Independent+1,KCCI
Amadou D.: Senegalese man held by ICE after 18 years faces deportation to GhanaA Senegalese man who has lived in the U.S. for 18 years was held without bond for deportation after his asylum claim was denied; a court temporarily blocked his removal to Ghana so he could seek a fair hearing.Sep 17, 2025·Senegal·CourtListener📦
Julián V.: Costa Rican TikTok star handed to ICE over expired licenseCosta Rican content creator Julián Valverde was detained after a traffic stop for an expired license led to him being turned over to ICE. A judge set bail at $250, and he has since been released, thanking family and supporters.Sep 17, 2025·Orlando, FL·Costa Rica·Federal Character📦,The Tico Times📦,Infobae,Q Costa Rica,Observador
Barbara G.M.M.: Brazilian filmmaker denied pain treatment after ICE detains herBarbara Gomes Marques May, a film director married to a U.S. citizen, was arrested by ICE during her green card interview and denied care for chronic back pain.Sep 16, 2025·Los Angeles, CA·Brazil·Los Angeles Times📦,CBS News,FOX 11 Los Angeles
Brooke B.: Two U.S. citizens detained by ICE at San Diego grocery storeBrooke Benner, an American citizen and mother, was handcuffed by ICE agents outside a San Diego grocery store after filming them detain another man. A second citizen nearby was tackled; both were held about seven hours and released without charges.Sep 16, 2025·San Diego, CA·NBC San Diego📦,Daylight San Diego📦,Instagram
Joe B.: U.S. citizen detained after agents break down doors of his Elgin homeJoe Botello, a U.S. citizen born in Texas, was handcuffed after federal agents broke down doors during an immigration raid in Elgin. He was released after agents scanned his driver's license, though his roommates were also detained.Sep 16, 2025·Elgin, IL·CBS News📦,Chicago Tribune📦,ABC7 Chicago📦
Driver detained by ICE on Route 31 blocks from Elgin raidA driver was stopped and detained by ICE agents on Route 31 near Elgin shortly after a nearby home raid, one of several detentions across the Chicago area on September 16, 2025.Sep 16, 2025·Elgin, IL·ABC7 Chicago📦
Two U.S. citizens among seven detained in Elgin ICE raidSeven people, including two U.S. citizens, were detained when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem led a military-style raid on an Elgin home, breaking down doors before dawn. The citizens were released after showing driver's licenses.Sep 16, 2025·Elgin, IL·CBS News📦,Newsweek,ABC7 Chicago📦,Chicago Sun-Times,Patch
Roberto L.: Former green card holder deported to Philippines after ICE arrest in MississippiRoberto Lacoss, a former green card holder from the Philippines, was arrested in Pearl, Mississippi, and complied with a judge's deportation order, departing for the Philippines with ICE officers confirming his exit.Sep 16, 2025·Pearl, MS·Philippines·Newsweek📦
5-year-old U.S. citizen with autism surrounded by ICE during father's arrestA 5-year-old U.S. citizen with autism was surrounded by agents outside her Leominster home as they tried to arrest her father, Edwards Hip Mejia, who has lived in the U.S. over two decades. He was later detained and granted bond.Sep 16, 2025·Leominster, MA·Guatemala·NBC News📦,Boston Globe,Boston.com,Instagram
Single father of six U.S. citizen children deported by ICEA single father of six U.S. citizen children was deported despite applying for a special visa and efforts to keep him with his family.Sep 15, 2025·Spokesman-Review📦,MSN+1
Cristina O.: Green card holder and mother of six held four days for ICECristina Osornio, a legal resident and mother of six in the U.S. since infancy, was held four days on an ICE hold after a minor traffic stop. Her husband was earlier deported, costing the family their home.Sep 15, 2025·Rogers, AR·Mexico·Associated Press+1📦,Arkansas Times📦,Seattle Times📦,ABC10📦
West Africans deported to Ghana forcibly returned home despite US protection ordersMore than 30 people deported to Ghana, many with U.S. court orders against removal, were forcibly sent to their home countries. Rabbiatu Kuyateh was filmed dragged onto a van and returned to Sierra Leone despite torture fears.Sep 15, 2025·Accra, Ghana·Reuters📦,CNN📦,PBS📦,KWSN,Advancing Justice-AAJC,CP24
Man pulled from car in Chicago, wife and children left cryingA Venezuelan man was pulled from his car in Chicago's Little Village as his wife and two young children cried, despite claims he had legal status. Agents left without providing a warrant or his location.Sep 15, 2025·Chicago, IL·ABC7 Chicago+2📦
Masked agents break car windows, abandon vehicles during Chicago arrestsAgents broke a car's windows and moved it off the road while detaining someone on Chicago's southwest side, later returning the vehicle to family; several other vehicles were abandoned during the arrests.Sep 14, 2025·Chicago Illinois·WPXI📦,Real News Network📦,NPR+1📦,Star Tribune📦,Facebook
Constantina R. and Moises E.: Parents of four held by ICE in separate statesConstantina Ramirez and Moises Enciso, parents of four in the Chicago area for 18 years, were detained by ICE during a traffic stop and are now held in separate detention centers in Kentucky and Michigan.Sep 14, 2025·Cicero, IL·Mexico·CNN📦,ABC7 Chicago📦
Moises E.: College student, 22, handcuffed in parents' ICE stopMoises Enciso Jr., a 22-year-old college student awaiting DACA approval, was handcuffed and held for two hours after ICE surrounded his family's car, while his parents were taken into custody.Sep 14, 2025·Cicero, IL·Mexico·CNN📦,ABC7 Chicago📦
Seven car wash workers detained in Long Beach immigration raidSeven car wash workers from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico were arrested when masked agents in about 10 unmarked SUVs blocked a Long Beach car wash. One woman fainted while being placed into a federal vehicle.Sep 14, 2025·Long Beach, California·CBS News+1📦,FOX 11 Los Angeles📦,Long Beach Post📦,Long Beach Watchdog📦,TribLive📦,KTLA📦,The Ice List📦,Instagram📦
7 workers detained in ICE raid at Long Beach carwashSeven carwash workers from Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico were detained at Long Beach's Bixby Knolls Car Wash, despite having various forms of legal status, according to the manager.Sep 13, 2025·Long Beach, CA·CBS News📦,Long Beach Post📦,NBC Los Angeles📦
Mauricio P.: Father of five with stroke history detained by ICE at Home DepotMauricio Prado, 45, a father of five and stroke patient who has had six prior strokes, was detained at a Santa Ana Home Depot and later hospitalized.Sep 13, 2025·Garden Grove, CA·News 247 Plus📦,ABC7,GoFundMe📦
