HUMSI — Human Security Initiative

Human Impact Project

A living database documenting reported immigration enforcement incidents and their human impact.

Teacher, nurse, pastor, coach

Teachers, nurses, pastors, and coaches detained or deported

Stories describe teachers, nurses, pastors, and other professionals detained or deported across multiple U.S. states, including arrests at airports (LAX, Logan, SFO), traffic stops, workplaces, and homes, with some held in facilities like Adelanto, Aurora, and McFarland, and deportations to Haiti, Ghana, and Jamaica despite pending legal cases. First documented in January 2025, this pattern became recurring by July 2025, peaking in April 2026, and has held a roughly steady share of reported cases since.”}, placeholder}(); wait this is invalid, need to produce correct JSON.}}]}{

First documented Jan 2025, recurring since Jul 2025.

Share of each month's well-documented stories, Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Volume is not shown: coverage grew over the record, shares did not have to.

146 stories in 30 states. What accompanies this practice →

“It was a federal invasion and terror campaign on our streets. The behavior of these masked thugs was horrific … they were ripping human beings out of families.”

— Erik Davis. Erik Davis, a college professor detained by ICE, describes the federal immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities. read the story →

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