Vilma P.: LSU nursing grad held by ICE six months after inspection sticker stopVilma Palacios, 22, a recent LSU nursing graduate who had accepted a job at Touro Infirmary, was arrested while getting a vehicle inspection sticker in June 2025. She has been held for six months at a Basile detention center.Dec 30, 2025·Belle Chasse, LA·Honduras·FOX 8📦,The Guardian📦,The Advocate📦,NOLA.com📦,Instagram+1📦
Rey David V.R.: Man arrested by ICE in Williston parking lot, ordered heldRey David Velasco Rodriguez was arrested in a Williston parking lot after agents said he matched a description they were investigating. A judge ordered him held pending a January hearing.Dec 26, 2025·Williston, VT·Mexico·Vermont Public📦,Vermont Daily Chronicle📦
Tiago S.M.: Maryland contractor shot by ICE on Christmas Eve, held nine monthsTiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, a Baltimore contractor and father of two who came to the U.S. at 13, was shot by ICE agents on Christmas Eve and hospitalized for weeks. He was freed after nearly nine months in detention.Dec 24, 2025·Glen Burnie, MD·Portugal·CBS News,WMAR 2 News📦,Anne Arundel County+1📦,The Banner+2📦,The Daily Record,NBC Washington,Instagram+1📦
Óscar A.M.: Salvadoran McDonald's worker shot and injured after ICE pursuit crash in MarylandÓscar José Araujo-Mejía, 21, a Salvadoran McDonald's worker in the U.S. four years, was seriously hurt when ICE agents pursued and crashed into his car in Maryland, leaving him with skull and spinal fractures.Dec 24, 2025·Stevensville, MD·El Salvador·Al Jazeera📦,CNN,The Banner📦,Instagram
Said M.: U.S. citizen stopped by ICE, ordered to prove citizenship in Twin CitiesSaid Mohamed, a U.S. citizen, was stopped by ICE agents who demanded he prove his citizenship during a traffic stop before letting him go. Agents separately confronted a woman at her home for ID.Dec 24, 2025·Minneapolis, MN·CBS News📦,KSTP📦,KARE 11📦,Sahan Journal📦,CourtListener+1📦,Instagram📦
José G.: Palm Beach restaurant manager held 12 days by ICEJosé Gonzalez, a 53-year-old maitre d' who spent 20 years at a Palm Beach restaurant, was held in cramped, cold conditions at Alligator Alcatraz despite having a valid work permit.Dec 23, 2025·Palm Beach, FL·Mexico·CW34📦,CBS12+2📦,Palm Beach Post+2,WPBF📦,Gulf Coast News Now📦,Particle📦,Mosaec News📦,iHeartRadio (WJNO)📦,St. Augustine Record,Miami New Times📦,Palm Beach Daily News📦,WPTV📦
Ignacio S.R.: Texas resident of 22 years held by ICE without a bond hearingIgnacio Sosnava Rodriguez, who had lived in Texas 22 years, was detained after a traffic stop and briefly freed by a lower court. An appeals court later reversed that ruling, denying him a bond hearing.Dec 23, 2025·Texas, TX·Heritage Review📦,The U.S. Constitution Online📦,Law.co,NIPNLG
Miguel G.P. and Dulce Maria T.S.: Parents detained and deported to Mexico, leaving U.S. citizen daughterMiguel Garcia Pazaran and his wife Dulce Maria Trejo Segura were stopped while driving to work in Hillsboro, Oregon, and deported to Mexico within eight days, leaving their 2-year-old U.S. citizen daughter behind.Dec 21, 2025·Hillsboro, OR·Mexico·People📦,The Oregonian📦,Instagram📦
Jose C.V.: Fargo father deported by ICE after 19 years loses custody of sonJose Cadena-Velasquez, a 49-year-old Mexican man who lived in Fargo for 19 years, pleaded guilty after a traffic-stop arrest and now faces deportation and loss of custody of his son.Dec 17, 2025·Fargo, ND·Mexico·Grand Forks Herald+1📦,InForum,The Minot Voice
Abdikadir A.N.: Somali-American U.S. citizen pulled over and arrested by ICE outside Minneapolis mallAbdikadir Abdi Noor, a 43-year-old Somali-American citizen from Fridley, was pulled over and arrested outside Karmel Mall in Minneapolis on December 15. He is now a plaintiff in an ACLU lawsuit against ICE.Dec 15, 2025·Minneapolis, MN·Minnesota Reformer📦,ACLU+1📦,ACLU of Minnesota📦
Father of American-born children deported after wife's broken headlight stopA man who had lived in the U.S. for 27 years, worked 17 years with the same company, paid taxes, and raised American-born children was deported after his wife's traffic stop for a broken headlight.Social media onlyDec 11, 2025·Peabody, MA·Dominican Republic·Instagram📦
Santiago Z.P.: Detroit teen arrested by ICE after stop for driving under speed limitSantiago Zamora Perez, a 17-year-old Detroit student and Venezuelan asylum seeker, was detained with his mother after police pulled him over for driving under the speed limit and called ICE.Dec 10, 2025·Detroit, MI·Venezuela·Outlier Media📦,Detroit News,Senate Democrats📦,WDET📦
Vilma C.: Mother arrested by ICE, leaving 18-year-old U.S. citizen son caring for sisterVilma Cruz, a Honduran mother, was arrested by ICE in Kenner, Louisiana, leaving her 18-year-old U.S. citizen son to care for his 9-year-old sister alone.Dec 9, 2025·Kenner, LA·Honduras·CBS News+1📦,WBUR📦,Journal Sentinel,NBC San Diego📦,CourtListener📦,FOX 8+1📦,Instagram📦
Xiaowei S.: Chinese activist detained after nine years living openly in U.S.A Chinese activist who lived openly in the U.S. for over nine years while protesting the Chinese Communist Party was arrested during a traffic stop in December 2025. A judge later denied his bond, citing flight risk.Dec 9, 2025·Yermo, CA·China·CourtListener
Bruna F.: Former DACA recipient arrested by ICE driving to pick up her sonBruna Ferreira, who came to the U.S. in 1998 at age six, was arrested while driving to pick up her 11-year-old son from school. She was held 26 days before a judge freed her on $1,500 bond.Dec 8, 2025·Revere, MA·Brazil·The Hill📦,El País📦,The Independent📦,Seattle Times
John B. and Janet L.: Married couple threatened at gunpoint while following ICE vehicleJohn Biestman and Janet Lee, a married couple in their late 60s, had guns pointed at them after following an ICE vehicle from a December 7 church raid in Richfield.Dec 7, 2025·Richfield, MN·Minnesota Reformer📦,ACLU+1📦,ACLU of Minnesota📦
Sophie W.: Dakota woman forced from car by ICE and held at Fort SnellingSophie Watso, a Dakota woman, was held over 48 hours at Fort Snelling after agents broke her car window and pulled her from the vehicle when she blew a whistle to warn others.Dec 4, 2025·Minneapolis, MN·Buffalos Fire📦,PieFed📦,Instagram📦
U.S. citizen therapist dragged from car, handcuffed by CBPA Key Largo children's therapist and U.S. citizen was dragged from her car and handcuffed by CBP agents while driving to work, despite screaming her citizenship. She was released after about 10 minutes once agents confirmed her ID.Dec 4, 2025·Los Angeles, CA·Miami Herald+3📦,WSVN+1📦,Local 10,NBC Miami+1📦,ProPublica,Instagram📦
Honduran man struck by ICE vehicle in St. PaulA Honduran man was struck by an ICE vehicle while fleeing agents in St. Paul, causing a multi-vehicle crash, then detained. A federal judge ordered his release in February 2026, calling the detention unlawful.Dec 2, 2025·St Paul, MN·Honduras·CBS News+2📦,Instagram📦
Denham Springs schoolchildren flee as Border Patrol slams man to groundMore than a dozen schoolchildren waiting for their bus in Denham Springs fled crying as masked Border Patrol agents chased and slammed a man face-first to the ground nearby.December 2025·Denham Springs, LA·ACLU📦,The Advocate📦
