Bajun M.: Veteran arrested by FBI weeks after protesting ICE detainee transfer in SpokaneBajun Mavalwalla II, a military veteran who recently moved to Washington, joined protesters who blocked an ICE bus in Spokane in June. On July 15, FBI agents arrived at his home and arrested him.Jul 15, 2025·Spokane, WA·India West📦,Human Rights First📦,AOL📦,The Guardian📦,Instagram+1📦
Twice-separated father fed moldy food with worms in ICE detentionA Guatemalan father reunited with his children in Florida was separated again in October 2025 while doing landscaping work near Mar-a-Lago. He reported moldy food and mistreatment before his April 2026 release.Oct 2025·West Palm Beach, FL·Guatemala·Associated Press📦,The Daily Beast📦
Handcuffed man put in chokehold by Border Patrol agent on West SideA man was put in a chokehold by a Border Patrol agent, hands cuffed behind his back, after a car crash in East Garfield Park on October 1. He was released at the scene once police completed their report.Oct 1, 2025·Chicago, IL·CBS News,Block Club Chicago📦,Illinois Department of Law Enforcement📦,The Triibe
Carlton B.: Jamaican father held by ICE for months, leaves wife and child behindCarlton Junior Burke, 25, a Jamaican man married with a young child, was arrested at his Madison home after overstaying a visa. He left the country in January, leaving his family behind.Oct 1, 2025·Madison, WI·Jamaica·Newsweek📦
Gratien M.W.: Congolese jail officer who fled torture detained by ICE driving to workGratien Milandou-Wamba, 32, a corrections officer who fled persecution in Congo and was active in his church, was detained while driving to work in April 2025. A judge denied him bail; he is appealing and fears death if deported.Oct 1, 2025·Maine·Republic of Congo·WMTW+2📦,The Maine Wire📦,WGME+1📦,Sun Journal📦,WABI
Vural E.: Turkish photojournalist hospitalized after federal officers shove him at NYC immigration courtL. Vural Elibol, a Turkish photojournalist, was shoved to the ground by federal officers outside a Manhattan immigration court on October 1 and hospitalized after lying semiconscious for over half an hour.Oct 1, 2025·New York, NY·Associated Press📦,HuffPost,Press Freedom Tracker📦,The Daily Beast,Times Now News,Info News
Mother of three struggles to feed children while husband held by ICEGarcia, a mother of three working as a cleaner, is spending nearly all her earnings on $15,000 in legal fees after her husband's DUI arrest led to his transfer into ICE custody in California.Oct 2025·Manatee County, FL·WUSF📦,WLRN📦
Rey: Cuban business owner married to U.S. citizen held at Camp East MontanaRey, a Cuban man in his mid-fifties who built a trucking and small-business life in El Paso and was a father figure to his wife's son, was arrested at a routine check-in and held six weeks at Camp East Montana.Oct 2025·El Paso, TX·Cuba·The New Yorker📦
Jean: Haitian man deported to Mexico, stranded in Cancún unable to workJean, a 33-year-old Haitian man, was deported to Mexico and left in Cancún without assistance, unable to work, bank, or leave the state while his asylum application awaits confirmation.Oct 2025·Cancún, MX·Haiti·El País📦,english-elpais-com.cdn.ampproject.org📦
Giovanni: Car wash worker held six months by ICE after raidGiovanni, 48, a car wash worker whose wife and school-age children depended on his income, was held six months at Adelanto after refusing to sign deportation papers to El Salvador.Oct 1, 2025·San Fernando Valley, CA·El Salvador·Capital & Main📦,LAist📦
Erick P.: Detroit father married to U.S. citizen held three months by ICEErick Pena, 29, came to the U.S. from Honduras as a child and was detained in October on his way to work. Held three months, he was freed on bond; his wife started a GoFundMe for legal costs.Oct 2025·Detroit, MI·Honduras·CBS News📦,MLive📦,GoFundMe📦
Diabetic 60-year-old tamale vendor held by ICE for 11 daysA 60-year-old Mexican tamale vendor who sold street food in Pilsen for over a decade, supporting her son while managing diabetes, was detained 11 days and freed October 22 after a federal judge intervened.Oct 2025·Chicago, IL·Mexico·Block Club Chicago📦,CourtListener
Samuel O.O.: Venezuelan asylum seeker detained by ICE for 126 daysSamuel Ochoa Ochoa, a Venezuelan immigrant who entered near El Paso in 2023 and had no later violations, was held by ICE for 126 days before a judge ordered his release in October.Oct 2025·Venezuela·Block Club Chicago📦,EXA📦
Stanley M.: Nursing assistant held by ICE nine months, misses U.S. citizen son's birthdayStanley Minjale, a Malawian nursing assistant in Indiana with a nearly two-year-old U.S. citizen son, has spent nine months detained at a Michigan facility, missing the boy's second birthday while appealing his case.Oct 2025·Baldwin, MI·Malawi·Interlochen Public Radio📦,Michigan Public📦
Kamal T.: Newlywed Nigerian man held nine months at Michigan ICE facilityKamal Tijani, a Nigerian man who came on a student visa in 2017 and married last year, has spent nine months held at a Michigan facility, separated from his wife, who lost their apartment.Oct 2025·Baldwin, MI·Nigeria·Interlochen Public Radio📦,Betsie Current,Glen Arbor Sun
Alberto: Honduran surgical technician arrested at green card interview, detained four monthsAlberto, a 59-year-old Fresno surgical technician who fled to the U.S. in 1990 and later bought a home, was arrested at a green card interview and held nearly four months before release on bond with an ankle monitor.Oct 1, 2025·Fresno, CA·Mexico·Mission Local📦,FresnoLand📦,Instagram📦
Father once separated at border held by ICE, saw fellow detainee dieA father separated from his daughter at the border in 2017 and reunited with his children in Florida in 2021 was detained at Alligator Alcatraz, witnessed a detainee's death, and was freed in April 2026 under ankle monitoring.Oct 2025·West Palm Beach, FL·1News📦
Michael G.: Filipino cruise ship engineer deported by CBP, banned 10 years without chargesMichael James Garcia, a 39-year-old marine engineer, was questioned aboard a cruise ship in Charleston over an unproven child pornography claim, then had his visa revoked and received a 10-year entry ban.Oct 1, 2025·Charleston, SC·Philippines·NPR📦,Georgia Public Broadcasting📦,WUNC📦,YP Radio📦
Chicago newlyweds separated by Midway Blitz raid, wife deported to MexicoA Chicago couple was arrested just eight days after marrying; the wife was deported to Mexico while a judge ordered her husband removed to El Salvador from detention in Michigan.Oct 2025·Chicago, IL·El Salvador·WBEZ📦,Chicago Tribune📦
Xóchitl S.: DACA activist detained by Border Patrol at El Paso airportCatalina 'Xóchitl' Santiago, 28, a DACA recipient and organizer in the U.S. since age 8, was detained at El Paso's airport while traveling with her wife. A judge ruled her arrest unconstitutional and ordered her freed.Oct 1, 2025·El Paso, TX·Mexico·NBC News📦,Newsweek📦,KAWC📦,El Paso Times📦,Source NM📦,El Paso Matters+1📦,New Mexico Political Report,Texas Tribune📦,The Tennessean,KFOX TV📦,Border Report,Herald-Times,CBS 4 Local📦
Iranian protester deported in restraint jacket, ICE gave Iranian authorities his phoneA Kurdish Iranian man who joined 'Women, Life, Freedom' protests and fled with his pregnant wife was forcibly deported to Tehran in a restraint jacket, then escaped to Iraqi Kurdistan, separated from his wife and newborn in Kentucky.Sep 30, 2025·Alexandria, LA·Iran·TIME📦,CBS News📦,MS Now📦
