Teen asylum seeker deported to El Salvador again, DHS defied court ordersA 19-year-old asylum seeker known in court records as E.L.A. was deported to El Salvador for a second time, leading a federal judge to hold DHS in contempt for violating three court orders.Sep 1, 2026·LA·El Salvador·Newsweek📦,Davis Vanguard,Ask Why News,Talking Points Memo
Pertissue F.: 54-year-old U.S. citizen pulled from bed at gunpoint in South Shore raidPertissue Fisher, 54, a U.S. citizen, was pulled from bed with a gun in her face and handcuffed tightly enough to bruise during a raid that saw 37 people arrested and a helicopter land on her building.Oct 1, 2025·Chicago, IL·TIME📦,FOX 32 Chicago📦,Illinois Department of Law Enforcement,Chicago Sun-Times,SSB Crack
Detained Haitian asylum seeker barred from sending breastmilk to formula-allergic babyLT, a 30-year-old Haitian asylum seeker who fled political violence, is held 1,500 miles from her 13-month-old daughter, who needs breastmilk; officials denied her requests to pump milk or post bond.Oct 2025·Dilley, TX·Venezuela·The Guardian📦
Oscar P.: Man detained at biometrics appointment, deported to Guatemala after 20 years awayOscar Polanco was detained at a biometrics appointment and deported to Guatemala, a country he had not lived in for 20 years. He reunited with his wife Geraldine after nearly three months apart.Oct 2025·Los Angeles, CA·Guatemala·American Friends Service Committee📦,The LA Local📦,Instagram📦
Asylum-seeking family with young children detained by ICE at Millennium ParkNoemi Chavez and her two children, including 8-year-old Dasha, were detained by armed agents at Chicago's Millennium Park and have since been released. Her husband remains held in Texas.Oct 1, 2025·Chicago Illinois·Guatemala·Block Club Chicago+2📦,Chicago Tribune+2📦,CourtListener,Chicago Sun-Times,Banco de Profissionais,ABC7 Chicago📦,NBC Chicago📦,Instagram📦
Haitians deported from U.S. describe being left stranded, broke, and missing belongingsSeveral Haitian deportees described arriving home broke and missing belongings, including Natacha Antoine, 42, a former nurse's aide from Indianapolis whose $600 passport was never returned. A report found over 470 deported to Haiti since July.Oct 1, 2025·Orlando, FL·Haiti·HCN Times📦,NewsWav📦
Néstor R.C.: Father of tube-fed boy with seizures detained by ICE in New JerseyFanny Jakelinne Núñez, 38, cares alone for her medically fragile 8-year-old son after her husband was detained while running errands in New Brunswick. She now struggles to afford rent, food and his medical care.Oct 1, 2025·New Brunswick, NJ·Honduras·Jersey Vindicator📦,Instagram📦
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
