Civil Rights/Damages Suit

63 documented incidents tagged “Civil Rights/Damages Suit” in the Human Impact Project database. View all on the interactive map.

• Nurse thrown to ground by ICE agent outside NJ detention center, seeks $500,000

  Oct 6, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Bodycam footage contradicts ICE account of US citizen's fatal shooting in Texas

  Oct 4, 2026 · South Padre Island, TX

• Former DACA recipient dies of sepsis after Adelanto ICE staff ignored infection, family sues

  Oct 3, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Minneapolis mother and legal observer fatally shot by ICE agent during enforcement operation

  Sep 30, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• U.S. citizen deported to Mexico after traffic stop, returns home nearly five months later

  Sep 28, 2026 · Fredericksburg, TX

• US citizen construction worker detained repeatedly by ICE despite valid Alabama ID, sues DHS

  Sep 21, 2026 · Foley, AL

• Afghan ex-military interpreter and green card holder detained by ICE on terrorism allegations

  Sep 14, 2026 · St. Louis County, MO

• DACA recipient detained at Boston airport, later sues ICE over custody conditions

  Sep 9, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Emails show ICE coordinated with Iran on deportation flights amid rising tensions

  August 18, 2026

• 72-Year-Old Woman Pepper-Sprayed by ICE Agent While Filming Enforcement Operation in Manhattan

  Aug 17, 2026 · New York, NY

• Suit alleges Homeland Security targeted immigration enforcement observers

  Aug 9, 2026

• Honduran man detained by Houston police, deported after traffic stop, sues city

  Aug 4, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Woman alleges ICE agents threw her to ground, head-slammed her in New Jersey

  Aug 2, 2026 · New Jersey

• ACLU sues ICE over warrantless arrests, citizen detention in Ohio

  Aug 2, 2026 · Columbus, OH

• Rastafarian priest denied insulin and malaria treatment during seven-month ICE detention

  Jul 31, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Cemetery worker pepper-balled, hospitalized trying to help man fleeing agents, now suing

  Jul 29, 2026 · IL

• Nurse assaulted by ICE agents outside detention facility, files legal claim

  Jul 29, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• ACLU files 54 claims over deaths, abuse by federal immigration agents

  Jul 29, 2026

• Naturalized citizen thrown to pavement by Border Patrol, later files $1.25M claim

  Jul 20, 2026

• Minneapolis teacher tackled, choked and detained by ICE agents while shielding students

  Jul 15, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Columbia graduate detained 104 days, fights deportation after pro-Palestinian activism

  Jul 14, 2026 · New York, NY

• Cannabis farmworker dies from 30-foot fall while fleeing ICE raid at California greenhouse

  Jul 12, 2026 · Camarillo, CA

• Deaf Utah man injured by ICE agents at bus stop, files federal civil rights lawsuit

  Jul 9, 2026 · Taylorsville, UT

• Disabled carpenter beaten unconscious by ICE, shackled in hospital, deported after months in detention

  Jul 7, 2026 · Sunnyvale, CA

• US citizen teen handcuffed, abandoned in woods after Border Patrol raid in Cary

  Jul 2026 · Cary, NC

• ICE agent fatally shoots 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez; bodycam contradicts agency account

  May 26, 2026 · South Texas, TX

• 37 arrested in military raid on Chicago apartment building; families seek $85 million in damages

  May 25, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Construction worker punched by jail sergeant, deported to Ecuador, files lawsuit

  May 19, 2026 · Hamilton, OH

• Deported Livermore father's last legal hope rests with Ninth Circuit appeal

  Apr 14, 2026 · Livermore, CA

• More immigrant truck drivers sue over Iowa 'Operation ICE Wall' detentions

  Apr 3, 2026 · Iowa

• Zimbabwean woman lured to airport gate by United, detained two weeks by ICE

  Mar 27, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Indian truck driver with work authorization detained in Iowa State Patrol ICE operation

  Mar 4, 2026 · Mitchellville, IA

• Ghanaian man with hepatitis B hospitalized twice due to delayed medical response in ICE detention

  Mar 2026 · Newark, NJ

• U.S. citizen's truck window smashed by ICE agents, detained and released bleeding, files $1.25M lawsuit

  Feb 27, 2026 · Charlotte, NC

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

  Feb 26, 2026 · Cranston, RI

• DACA recipient Joel Angel-Becerril freed after three months in ICE custody, removal case dismissed

  Feb 24, 2026 · Omaha, NE

• Army veteran detained by ICE despite U.S. citizenship claims, files federal lawsuit

  Feb 24, 2026 · Camarillo, CA

• Pregnant asylum seeker Angie Rodriguez miscarries in ICE detention after inadequate medical care

  Feb 20, 2026 · Bakersfield, CA

• Chicago woman shot five times by Border Patrol agent, case dismissed

  Feb 11, 2026 · Chicago, Illinois

• ICE observer sues federal agents for intimidation tactics in Maine

  Jan 30, 2026 · South Portland, ME

• Colombian engineer with valid work visa violently detained by ICE, files lawsuit

  Jan 23, 2026 · Portland, ME

• ICE detainee seized after missed epilepsy medication, pepper-sprayed upon return from hospital

  Jan 22, 2026 · Miami, IN

• ICE Detainee Allegedly Denied Medication, Self-Harm Results

  Jan 19, 2026

• Texas siblings tackled, detained after filming immigration arrest

  Jan 1, 2026 · TX

• Maine couple detained at border months after DHS watchlist threat over ICE video

  Jan 2026 · South Portland, ME

• Minneapolis resident detained while filming ICE arrest, alleges excessive force

  Dec 12, 2025 · Minneapolis, MN

• Nine Allston car wash workers detained by ICE agents, all held valid work permits

  Nov 9, 2025 · Boston, MA

• U.S. citizen Andrea Velez detained by ICE during street sweep, denied water, later released on bond

  Oct 26, 2025 · Los Angeles, CA

• Day laborer detained in alleged retaliation

  Oct 6, 2025 · Chicago Illinois

• Alderperson sues federal government over ICE shove and handcuffing at hospital

  Oct 3, 2025 · Chicago, IL

• 19-year-old protester pepper-sprayed at point-blank range at Portland ICE facility, sues federal government

  Oct 2, 2025 · Portland, OR

• Green Card Holder Violently Arrested by ICE in Front of Her Children, Now Suing

  Sep 26, 2025 · Chelsea, MA

• Nine-month pregnant U.S. citizen detained by ICE, released after citizenship discovered

  Sep 11, 2025 · New York, NY

• Marine veteran tackled by DHS agents outside ICE facility, files federal lawsuit

  Aug 27, 2025 · South Portland, OR

• ICE agents fire shots at San Bernardino vehicle during August encounter

  Aug 16, 2025 · San Bernardino, CA

• U.S. citizen minor arrested and held as bait by ICE agents, MALDEF files civil damages claim

  Jul 23, 2025 · Brownsville, TX

• Venezuelan men sue aviation companies for transporting them to Salvadoran torture prison

  Jul 17, 2025

• Attorney shot with rubber bullets, gassed during Glass House Farms raid

  Jul 10, 2025 · Camarillo, CA

• Deaf Mongolian asylum seeker held 4 months without interpreter, judge orders fix

  Jul 9, 2025 · San Diego, CA

• Mother arrested by ICE without warrant in front of children, later deported to Mexico

  Jul 1, 2025 · New Haven, CT

• Canadian green card holder Johnny Noviello dies in ICE custody after medical neglect

  Jun 23, 2025 · Miami, FL

• Chelsea family sues ICE for detaining father on Mother's Day

  May 11, 2025 · Chelsea, MA

• Chinese man collapsed from unmedicated diabetes and hypertension in ICE detention

  May 2025 · Newark, NJ