Asylum Seeker

825 documented incidents tagged “Asylum Seeker” in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• Haitian father files habeas petition after being stopped and arrested with family in car

  Oct 5, 2026 · Springfield, OH

• ICE agent shoots Venezuelan DoorDash driver in back, leaves him partially paralyzed

  Oct 4, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Cuban man detained by ICE for two months, mother pleads for his release

  Oct 3, 2026 · Hialeah, FL

• Ecuadorian man says ICE agents beat him after refusing fingerprinting in Georgia

  Oct 3, 2026 · Folkston, GA

• Nicaraguan exiles stripped of citizenship detained, face deportation risk in US

  Oct 2, 2026

• Three Guatemalan taqueria workers detained in Tallahassee ICE raid, restaurant shuts down

  Oct 2, 2026 · Tallahassee, FL

• Venezuelan Walmart driver detained by ICE wins federal habeas case, granted $10K bond

  Oct 2, 2026 · Bloomington, IN

• Brazilian father detained without bond hearing after traffic stop, case goes to Supreme Court

  Oct 1, 2026 · Buffalo, NY

• Disabled asylum seeker says Pennsylvania jail denied him hearing aids and cane

  Oct 2026 · Pottsville, PA

• Haitian man ordered released or given bond hearing after Ohio traffic stop arrest

  Sep 30, 2026 · North Hampton, OH

• Waltham asylum seeker deported to Uganda despite pending appeal window

  Sep 30, 2026 · Waltham, MA

• Venezuelan businesswoman detained by ICE while dropping off daughter in Doral

  Sep 30, 2026 · Doral, FL

• Angolan asylum seeker tackled, tased at neck during New Bedford ICE arrest

  Sep 30, 2026 · New Bedford, MA

• Venezuelan asylum seeker detained outside Walmart, fights for bond in federal court

  Sep 30, 2026 · Bloomington, IN

• Venezuelan soccer captain detained by ICE at airport despite pending asylum case

  Sep 30, 2026 · Pompano Beach, FL

• Venezuelan asylum seeker and former political prisoner detained by ICE at routine Houston check-in

  Sep 30, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Son of slain Philippine broadcaster held by ICE, faces hearing

  Sep 29, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• 13-year-old Honduran boy cries, denied asylum in Texas court without a lawyer

  Sep 28, 2026 · Harlingen, TX

• SCSU basketball player detained by ICE at airport, released after two weeks

  Sep 28, 2026 · New Haven, CT

• Venezuelan engineer and new mother detained by ICE at asylum appointment

  Sep 26, 2026 · Dallas, TX

• Bisexual Ghanaian woman deported to Cameroon despite court guarantee against removal to Ghana

  Sep 26, 2026

• Exiled Nicaraguan journalist detained by ICE while driving for Uber, later released on bond

  Sep 26, 2026 · Miami, FL

• St. Paul man held at Guantánamo, allegedly beaten, deported to Somalia after mother's death

  Sep 25, 2026 · St. Paul, MN

• Mexican man re-arrested by plainclothes agents seconds after court-ordered release

  Sep 25, 2026 · Fort Snelling, MN

• Asylum seeker deported to El Salvador again despite three court orders, second contempt finding

  Sep 25, 2026

• Honduran man deported to Central African Republic ordered returned after due process violation

  Sep 25, 2026 · CO

• Son released after ICE traffic stop, mother still detained in Alabama

  Sep 24, 2026 · Sevierville, TN

• Ukrainian asylum seeker detained by ICE while traveling to Los Angeles

  Sep 23, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Colombian asylum seeker detained at routine ICE check-in after DUI arrest, court orders release

  Sep 23, 2026 · Fremont, CA

• Iranian Christian convert deported to Panama without asylum hearing, still stranded 18 months later

  Sep 23, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Father detained by ICE in Katy, Texas, leaving wife and three children stranded

  Sep 22, 2026 · Katy, TX

• Guatemalan asylum seeker dragged from car after agents smash window in New Bedford

  Sep 22, 2026 · New Bedford, MA

• Congolese asylum seeker, jail officer, detained by ICE at routine check-in

  Sep 22, 2026 · Scarborough, ME

• Cuban woman married to Army veteran held nearly 10 months after ICE check-in

  Sep 22, 2026 · Dallas, TX

• Georgia asylum seeker detained by ICE after fatal Nebraska crash wins court-ordered bond hearing

  Sep 21, 2026 · North Platte, NE

• Iranian woman deported to Central African Republic despite winning US protection order

  Sep 21, 2026 · CA

• Father with work permit detained by ICE amid pending asylum case

  Sep 21, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Haitian asylum seeker detained days before scheduled immigration court hearing

  Sep 21, 2026 · New Bedford, MA

• Syracuse man released after three months in ICE detention without bond

  Sep 21, 2026 · Syracuse, NY

• Ex-Ecuadorian minister deported despite torture protection, now abused in jail

  Sep 20, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Venezuelan man remains detained by ICE despite winning asylum case

  Sep 20, 2026 · OK

• Phoenix man deported to Equatorial Guinea beaten by police, goes missing after speaking to press

  Sep 20, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• Venezuelan asylum seeker separated from family for months at Texas detention center

  Sep 18, 2026 · Taylor, TX

• Haitian father detained by ICE moments after dropping daughter at San Diego daycare

  Sep 18, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Venezuelan asylum seeker detained in Puerto Rico wins court order blocking transfer, securing bond hearing

  Sep 17, 2026 · Guaynabo, PR

• Ukrainian barista released after seven weeks in ICE detention following viral SFO arrest

  Sep 17, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Durham family with young children deported to Honduras days after asylum appointment

  Sep 17, 2026 · Charlotte, NC

• Asylum seeker who fled Guinea unrest detained by ICE at Detroit appointment

  Sep 17, 2026 · Detroit, MI

• Mexican father detained outside Flagstaff home; wife and children self-deport

  Sep 17, 2026 · Flagstaff, AZ

• Colombian man deported after ICE sting using fake Facebook Marketplace buyer

  Sep 17, 2026 · Sacramento, CA

• Ecuadorian businessman accused of being tied to Villavicencio assassination case detained by ICE in Miami

  Sep 17, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Pregnant Kenyan asylum seeker detained by ICE during USCIS interview, later released

  Sep 16, 2026 · Tukwila, WA

• Charlotte mother and 6-year-old daughter detained at ICE check-in, deported to Venezuela

  Sep 16, 2026 · Charlotte, NC

• Argentine soccer player detained by ICE at airport, released after 3 weeks in custody

  Sep 13, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Colombian asylum-seeking mother says kidney infection went untreated for months at Otay Mesa

  Sep 13, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• McKinney teacher's husband detained at ICE check-in, still held nine months later

  Sep 13, 2026 · McKinney, TX

• Modesto mother's asylum claim denied at rushed, lawyerless hearing

  Sep 11, 2026 · Modesto, CA

• Gay Brazilian man deported to Equatorial Guinea despite winning torture protection ruling

  Sep 11, 2026 · Orlando, FL

• Colombian activist detained 650 days with medical neglect, finally freed by court order

  Sep 11, 2026 · Tacoma, WA

• Woman raised in US since age 2 deported to Cameroon as third country

  Sep 10, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Venezuelan asylum seeker detained by ICE days after wedding, released months later

  Sep 10, 2026 · PA

• Rohingya asylum seeker detained by ICE at New Orleans airport, held seven weeks

  Sep 9, 2026 · New Orleans, LA

• Colombian man detained by ICE at Portland airport gate, repeatedly transferred between detention facilities

  Sep 9, 2026 · Portland, OR

• Venezuelan couple detained by ICE while charging Tesla at Doral station

  Sep 9, 2026 · Doral, FL

• Brazilian woman detained by ICE after 911 call, denied care for miscarriage infection

  Sep 8, 2026 · Burlington, MA

• Decatur father detained by ICE granted bond after community fundraiser

  Sep 8, 2026 · Decatur, GA

• Asylum seeker married to Trump voter detained at Burbank airport, held 16 days

  Sep 7, 2026 · Burbank, CA

• Honduran mother and son, in US 14 years under supervision order, threatened with deportation without notice

  Sep 6, 2026 · Orlando, FL

• Turkish diabetes researcher detained after GPS wrong turn near Canadian border

  Sep 6, 2026 · Lewiston, NY

• Venezuelan man with pending asylum case detained while driving to work in Doral

  Sep 6, 2026 · Doral, FL

• Detained Belarusian cancer survivor's health worsens in ICE custody

  Sep 4, 2026 · Leavenworth, KS

• Colombian woman detained at San Juan airport wins order blocking transfer while seeking bond hearing

  Sep 4, 2026 · San Juan, PR

• 66-year-old Colombian asylum seeker detained buying coffee, shackled and sent to Texas

  Sep 4, 2026 · Tacoma, WA

• Angolan bank worker arrested by ICE in Lewiston parking lot, judge blocks removal

  Sep 4, 2026 · Lewiston, ME

• Mother deported despite bond, others detained in NY snack factory raid

  Sep 3, 2026 · Cato, NY

• Russian asylum seeker's health declines during stalled habeas case in Mississippi

  Sep 3, 2026 · Natchez, MS

• Deaf 6-year-old deported to Colombia without hearing aids after ICE check-in

  Sep 3, 2026 · Hayward, CA

• Gainesville teen football player, mother released after ICE detained family in Texas

  Sep 2, 2026 · Gainesville, FL

• W&L scholarship student and father detained by ICE during Florida traffic stop

  Sep 2, 2026 · St. Johns County, FL

• Iranian activist deported to Central African Republic despite court protection from removal to Iran

  Sep 1, 2026 · LA

• Mariachi brothers shackled and separated from family, released after bipartisan pressure

  Sep 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Asylum Seeker Deported to El Salvador Again, Judge Holds DHS in Contempt

  Sep 1, 2026 · LA

• Honduran refugee deported from Mexican job, now biking caravan route north again

  Sep 1, 2026 · Monterrey, Mexico

• Mexican family denied asylum, ordered deported to third country after brother's disappearance

  Aug 31, 2026

• Venezuelan journalist's family raises funds fearing deportation after Utah ICE detention

  Aug 30, 2026 · UT

• Asylum seeker with breast cancer detained after traffic stop, denied medical care and process

  Aug 29, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Venezuelan asylum-seeker slammed against wall, detained by ICE for 21 days at Atlanta airport

  Aug 29, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• Cuban couple released after four months in ICE detention, still face deportation to Ecuador

  Aug 29, 2026 · Syracuse, NY

• Chicago school custodian detained by ICE, released after 42 days, reunites with family

  Aug 28, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Belarusian man detained by ICE at Pennsylvania airport after funeral trip

  Aug 28, 2026 · Palm Coast, FL

• Haitian family seeking asylum in Canada returned to ICE, father separated and family deported

  Aug 27, 2026 · New York

• Ecuadorian man re-arrested at ICE check-in after years on parole wins habeas release

  Aug 27, 2026 · Long Beach, CA

• Haitian father of two U.S. citizens detained during lunch break, deported after TPS ends

  Aug 27, 2026 · Indiana

• More than 450 Haitians deported to Cap-Haïtien since TPS ended in July

  Aug 27, 2026

• Venezuelan asylum-seeker wrongly arrested by ICE, held a month before release

  Aug 27, 2026 · Lakewood, WA

• Colombian family detained by ICE at Atlanta airport before Florida birthday trip

  Aug 27, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• Venezuelan journalist Wilmer Solano detained by CBP despite valid work permit and pending asylum case

  Aug 26, 2026 · Miami Beach, FL

• Pittsburgh mother seeking asylum detained by ICE, hearing set as family monitors case online

  Aug 26, 2026 · Pittsburgh, PA

• Venezuelan man unlawfully deported to CECOT prison, later sent back to Venezuela

  Aug 26, 2026

• Venezuelan asylum seeker reunites with family after year in ICE detention

  Aug 26, 2026 · FL