Immigration enforcement incidents in Rhode Island

12 documented incidents in Rhode Island in the Human Impact Project database. View all on the interactive map.

• Detained immigrant ordered released after court finds ICE lacked authority to hold him

  Aug 25, 2026 · Central Falls, RI

• Man held under mandatory ICE detention wins release and bond hearing after habeas petition

  Aug 18, 2026 · Central Falls, RI

• Immigrant detained without legal entry status ordered released after court finds ICE detention unlawful

  Aug 15, 2026 · Central Falls, RI

• ICE detains noncitizen at Rhode Island facility without lawful authority

  Jul 30, 2026 · Rhode Island

• Cambodian refugee detained by ICE after 28 years of check-ins, hundreds protest his detention

  Jul 23, 2026 · Providence, RI

• Man released after ICE withholds homicide warrant, later re-detained when information surfaces

  May 5, 2026 · Providence, RI

• Salvadoran national arrested in Providence during targeted ICE operation

  Apr 20, 2026 · Providence, RI

• Providence Uber driver wrongly arrested in theft case, held 56 days by ICE

  Feb 26, 2026 · Cranston, RI

• RI judge intervenes after ICE wrongfully detains court intern

  Nov 20, 2025 · Providence, RI

• Guatemalan immigrant transferred out of state overnight after 20 years in Rhode Island

  Nov 1, 2025 · Providence, RI

• Dominican man tased during ICE arrest sparks Providence hospital protest

  Apr 24, 2025 · Providence, RI

• ICE agents detain community member in Cranston Street incident

  Apr 4, 2025 · Providence, RI