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📦
South Florida animal shelters filling up with pets abandoned amid deportation operationsSouth Florida shelters are filling with pets left behind after immigration arrests, including a sick, partially blind 11-year-old poodle and a terrier found starving after its family was deported.Jul 24, 2025·South Florida·Miami New Times📦,South Florida Reporter📦,CiberCuba
Janeth J.L.: Alpine resident detained by ICE with no criminal recordJaneth Jazmin Jaldin Loza, an Alpine resident, was arrested by ICE on July 23. Reporters found no record of past convictions or pending charges against her in Wyoming courts.Jul 23, 2025·Alpine, WY·WyoFile📦
Juan B.C.: 26-year Jackson resident wrongly detained by ICE in church parking lotJuan Barranco Castro, 56, a 26-year Jackson resident, was handcuffed and shackled in a church parking lot after agents mistook him for someone else. He was taken to Sweetwater County Detention Center.Jul 23, 2025·Jackson, WY·Mexico·Newsweek📦,WyoFile+1📦
U.S. citizen minor held as bait by ICE agents to lure motherK.N., a U.S. citizen minor, was held outside his mother's fenced home and questioned about her immigration status after agents used him to try to lure her into the street. A civil claim seeks $2.5 million for the ordeal.Jul 23, 2025·Brownsville, TX·MALDEF📦
Ethiopian citizen detained by immigration authorities for nine months without bond hearingAn Ethiopian man was held nine months without a bond hearing after his July 2025 arrest. A judge ordered immigration authorities to give him a bond hearing within 14 days.Jul 22, 2025·Ethiopia·CourtListener📦
Ian A.: Army veteran ICE protester placed on travel restrictions and firearms suspensionArmy veteran Ian Davis Austin was placed on probation with travel restrictions, a mental health evaluation, and suspended firearm access after protesting at ICE detention facilities, including a hunger strike in Newark.Jul 22, 2025·Saint Paul, MN·The Guardian📦,Spokesman-Recorder📦,The Guardian Wings,NJ.com,Philly.com
Alberto B.: Romanian national detained by ICE based on international travel patternsAlberto Banicescu, 27, a Romanian national, was detained outside his Jackson apartment on July 21 over assumptions about his travel patterns. He was shackled before transport to Sweetwater County Detention Center.Jul 21, 2025·Jackson, WY·Romania·WyoFile📦
Will K.: Ph.D. candidate held over a week at airport by CBPTae Heung "Will" Kim, 40, a Texas A&M Ph.D. candidate studying infectious disease, was held at San Francisco Airport for over a week without a lawyer after returning from his brother's wedding. He now faces a September 4 deportation hearing.Jul 21, 2025·San Francisco, CA·South Korea·Korean Quarterly📦,Seattle Times📦,Law & Crime📦
Mahdi K.: Chiropractor detained by ICE while dropping child off at Oregon preschoolMahdi Khanbabazadeh, a 38-year-old Iranian chiropractor, was arrested while dropping his child at a Beaverton preschool, agents breaking his car window to remove him. He is held in Tacoma; his family says he had already applied for a green card.Jul 21, 2025·Beaverton, OR·Iran·TIME📦,CBS News+1📦,OPB📦,IJPR📦,AOL📦,KGW+1📦,The Oregonian📦,MS Now📦,The Independent+1📦,Yahoo News📦,Sitka Sentinel📦,Instagram📦
Detainees at three Florida immigration centers denied insulin and inhalersA Human Rights Watch report found detainees at three Florida facilities denied insulin and inhalers, forced to sleep on concrete floors, and facing excessive force; substandard care was linked to two deaths.Jul 21, 2025·Miami, FL·Human Rights Watch+2📦,ACLU Florida📦,Amnesty USA📦,Economic Times📦,HuffPost📦
Dan M.: Key West man held 8 hours by CBP for filming an arrestDan Mathers of Key West was arrested while filming a Border Patrol agent detaining a Haitian immigrant, held eight hours in Marathon, and couldn't reach his family until 9:15pm.Jul 21, 2025·Key West Florida·Haiti·Gwen Filosa📦,Threads,Instagram📦
82-year-old deported after green card appointmentAn 82-year-old Pennsylvania man, granted asylum in 1987 after nearly 40 years in the U.S., was deported to Guatemala while trying to replace his lost green card; his family later found him hospitalized there.Jul 21, 2025·Allentown, PA·Chile·Times of India📦,Instagram📦
Hector G.: Construction worker crushed to death building Camp East MontanaHector González, 38, a construction worker, was crushed to death by falling materials while building a detention camp at Fort Bliss; OSHA cited three subcontractors but not the prime contractor.Jul 21, 2025·Fort Bliss, TX·The New Yorker📦,Associated Press,Spectrum Local News📦,Winnipeg Free Press,InterNewsCast
Gaetano M.C.: Italian man says ICE denied him a lawyer at Alligator AlcatrazGaetano Cateno Mirabella Costa, 45, an Italian from Sicily, is held at a Florida detention camp with 32 others in cramped conditions, denied a lawyer, and has appeared shackled in court, his mother says.Jul 21, 2025·Osceola County, FL·Italy·CNN📦,WSVN📦,WRAL📦,Cuba Headlines📦,Il Sole 24 Ore📦
Three Cuban immigrants say ICE wrongly classified them, blocking legal statusThree Cuban nationals, detained on entry and released under a disputed form, sued ICE, saying the agency's classification wrongly blocked them from adjusting their status under the Cuban Adjustment Act.Jul 21, 2025·Washington, DC·Cuba·Clearinghouse📦,Cuba Headlines+2📦,CiberCuba📦,Miami Herald📦
Family self-deporting over ICE operations surrenders German Shepherd of five yearsA family self-deporting amid ICE enforcement had to surrender Draco, their 6-year-old German Shepherd of over five years, to Los Angeles County animal control because airlines wouldn't allow him on their flight.Jul 20, 2025·Los Angeles, CA·People📦,Instagram📦
Lewelyn D.: Green card holder of 50 years held by ICE nearly three monthsLewelyn Dixon, a UW Medicine lab technician who arrived from the Philippines at 14, was detained nearly three months at Seattle-Tacoma Airport over a decades-old conviction. A judge ruled against deportation, and she became a citizen on July 20.Jul 20, 2025·Tacoma, WA·Philippines·NBC News📦,Newsweek,Seattle Times+2📦,Fox 13 Seattle📦,KUOW+1📦,Archive.is,Tri-City Herald,OPB
Luis L.: Chilean grandfather, 82, deported to Guatemala, now hospitalizedLuis Leon, 82, who has diabetes and high blood pressure, was detained by ICE while replacing his lost green card and later deported to Guatemala, where he is now hospitalized.Jul 19, 2025·The Independent📦
Derlis C.T.: Queens 11th grader forced to sleep sitting up in ICE detentionDerlis Snaider Chusin Toaquiza, a 19-year-old Ecuadorian asylum-seeker and Queens high schooler, was detained at a court hearing and held in overcrowded facilities for weeks. He reunited with family after a $20,000 bond secured his release.Jul 18, 2025·Ridgewood, NY·Ecuador·Washington Post📦,AM New York📦,Patch📦,FOX 5 New York📦,Media News Source+1📦,NY1📦,Gothamist+1📦,The New York Times
Man tackled by plainclothes ICE agents leaving Philadelphia courthouseMore than 50 people rallied in Philadelphia after plainclothes ICE agents, aided by local police, tackled a man leaving a courthouse without identifying themselves or showing a warrant. Organizers said the cooperation violated the city's sanctuary status.Jul 18, 2025·Philadelphia, PA·CBS News📦,Billy Penn📦
