Yoderlyn A.P.: 21-year-old Venezuelan woman punched by ICE officer, deported to El SalvadorYoderlyn Daviana Acosta Peña, 21, a Venezuelan living and working in Chicago, was punched and grabbed by the hair by an ICE officer during her March 2025 deportation flight to El Salvador.Mar 15, 2025·Chicago, IL·Venezuela·Bloomberg📦,The New Yorker📦,Reuters📦,Yahoo News📦,Miami Herald📦,U.S. News & World Report📦
Fabian S.: Green card holder and father of 8-year-old held two months by ICEFabian Schmidt, a German-born electrical engineer and green card holder, was held two months after being detained at Boston's airport. He has since married his partner and is pursuing citizenship.Mar 14, 2025·Boston, MA·Germany·NBC News📦,WGBH📦,New Hampshire Review,Boston Globe,New Hampshire Public Radio
Abel O.: Chicago father detained six months after ICE mistakes him for his sonAbel Orozco, a 47-year-old tree-cutting business owner who has lived near Chicago for 30 years, was mistakenly detained for his son and has remained in custody in Kentucky for nearly six months.Mar 14, 2025·Lyons, IL·Mexico·NBC News,ABC7 Chicago+1📦,Immigrant Justice📦,Chicago Tribune📦,Delco Times📦,SWOK News📦,Herald-Review📦,NewsNation Now📦,WBEZ📦,Southside Weekly📦,Instagram📦
12 restaurant workers arrested by ICE in Liberty, Missouri, most unlawfullyA federal judge ruled that armed agents unlawfully arrested 11 of 12 workers at a Liberty, Missouri restaurant in February 2025, finding officers lacked grounds for most of the detentions.Mar 14, 2025·Liberty, MO·WBEZ📦,KSHB📦,KCTV 5
César H.F.: Venezuelan father held by ICE after father-in-law allegedly called to block testimonyCésar Herrera Ferrer, a 24-year-old Venezuelan man and father, was detained in Tacoma after his father-in-law called ICE, allegedly to stop him testifying in a firearm case against him.Mar 14, 2025·Tukwila, WA·Venezuela·Univision📦,Qué Pasa📦,2001 Online,RDN Venezuela,Instagram📦
Parents detained trying to reunite with children stranded in Southern California sheltersTwelve children in Southern California were left stranded in shelters after their parents were detained and placed into deportation proceedings while trying to reunite with them.Social media onlyMar 13, 2025·Southern California, CA·Instagram📦
Neiyerver L.R.: Venezuelan man disappears from ICE custody, whereabouts unknownNeiyerver Adrian Leon Rengel, a 27-year-old Venezuelan man detained in Texas over his tattoos, vanished from ICE's tracking system days later and has not been found in Venezuela or on deportee lists.Mar 13, 2025·Irving, TX·Venezuela·Miami Herald📦,Spokesman-Review📦,CourtListener+1📦
Shirly G.: Army sergeant's wife deported by ICE, separated from 1-year-old sonShirly Guardado, married to an Army sergeant and mother of a 1-year-old, was detained nearly three months and deported to Honduras on her 28th birthday despite her husband's approved sponsorship petition.Mar 13, 2025·Houston, TX·Honduras·Newsweek,Texas Tribune📦,The War Horse,Cuba Headlines📦,KRGV
Eliezar: Baltimore father of three self-deports to Guatemala after weeks in ICE detentionEliezar, held for weeks after an ICE arrest while heading home from work, chose to self-deport to Guatemala, leaving his wife Josselin and three young children in Baltimore without income.Fundraiser onlyMar 13, 2025·Baltimore, MD·Guatemala·GoFundMe📦
Julio N.: Chicago-born U.S. citizen detained overnight by ICE in Berwyn without warrantJulio Noriega, 54, a U.S. citizen born in Chicago, was handcuffed buying pizza and held overnight without being asked his citizenship status. Attorneys have sued over his arrest and at least 21 others.Mar 13, 2025·Berwyn, IL·Chicago Sun-Times+1📦,Courier-Post📦,Cardinal Pine📦,East Bay Times📦,Houston Chronicle📦,WBEZ📦
Yolanda P.M.: El Monte mother caring for daughter with cancer detained in ICE sweepYolanda Perez-Magallón, 50, who cares for her daughter with cancer, was detained nearly two weeks during a sweep targeting her son before release on $1,500 bond; she is due in court April 10.Mar 12, 2025·El Monte, CA·Mexico·Univision📦,Peninsula 360 Press📦,Our Humanity California📦,Instagram📦
Venezuelan couple with TPS arrested returning home from work in WashingtonA Venezuelan couple with Temporary Protected Status and pending asylum claims were arrested on their way home from work in Washington, D.C., more than two years after crossing the border.Mar 12, 2025·Washington, DC·Venezuela·Los Angeles Times📦,KFOX TV📦,WTOP📦
Jose and Josue: Brothers deported at ICE check-in, leaving mother and nonverbal U.S. citizen brotherAlma Lopez Diaz's sons Jose, 20, and Josue, 19, were detained and deported to El Salvador during a routine ICE check-in, separating them from their mother and 8-year-old brother with Moebius syndrome.Mar 12, 2025·New York, NY·El Salvador·CBS News📦,New York Magazine📦,Page📦,Hero Luigi📦,Documented📦
Diover M.: Venezuelan construction worker seeking asylum faces deportation to El Salvador prisonDiover Millan, 24, a construction worker, was arrested in Atlanta and labeled a gang member without evidence; the Supreme Court has temporarily blocked his deportation ahead of a May 1 asylum hearing.Mar 12, 2025·Anson, TX·Venezuela·NBC News📦,Hindustan Times📦,The Straits Times📦,SRN News📦,WJLA📦
Boun M.: Lao refugee detained after 30 years of routine ICE check-insBoun Morisath, a Bremerton father and longtime lawful permanent resident, was detained in March 2025 during a routine check-in he had completed without issue for 30 years. He remains held at a Tacoma processing center.Mar 11, 2025·Tukwila, WA·Laos·KGW📦,Kitsap Sun📦,Dioknoed📦,CourtListener
At least four women seeking entry sexually coerced by Border Patrol agentA Border Patrol agent pleaded guilty to telling at least four women to expose themselves during interviews in August 2023, falsely claiming it was a legitimate search. He faces up to two years in prison.Mar 10, 2025·USA Today📦,WTOP📦,iNews Source📦,Austin American-Statesman📦,VT Digger📦
French scientist denied US entry over anti-Trump textsA French CNRS researcher traveling to a Houston-area science conference was turned away after border officers searched his phone and found messages critical of Trump administration research policy.Mar 9, 2025·The Guardian📦
Detained man describes conditions inside ICE facilityA prisoner held at an ICE-operated detention facility shared audio describing conditions inside.Social media onlyMar 8, 2025·Florida·Instagram📦
Venezuelan immigrant held by CBP in Detroit attempted suicide in custodyA Venezuelan man detained near the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel attempted suicide by hanging in early March 2025. Officers intervened and sent him to a hospital before he was transferred into ICE custody.Mar 8, 2025·Detroit, MI·Venezuela·Detroit Free Press+2📦,MLive📦,U.S. House of Representatives - Rashida Tlaib📦,The Public's Radio📦
Family with two young children rescued with hypothermia crossing into CanadaA family of four, including children ages 1 and 2, spent hours lost and barefoot in snow while crossing from New York into Quebec in March 2025. Rescued with hypothermia, they have requested refugee status in Canada.Mar 7, 2025·Mooers, NY·Boston Globe📦,CBC📦,Anadolu Agency📦
