Class Action/Policy Challenge

301 documented incidents tagged “Class Action/Policy Challenge” in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• Maine ICE observer detained at border after being wrongly added to DHS database

  Oct 2, 2026 · Portland, ME

• Judge expands border wall halt across Big Bend region of Texas

  Oct 2, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Detainees sue over conditions at Miramar ICE facility in Florida

  Oct 2, 2026 · Miramar, FL

• Immigrants Challenging ICE Courthouse Arrests Win Nationwide Ruling

  Oct 1, 2026

• Colorado AG Sues to Halt 1,200-Bed Hudson ICE Center, Citing Town's Size

  Sep 29, 2026 · Hudson, CO

• Supreme Court Allows Third-Country Deportations to Continue Pending December Arguments

  Sep 29, 2026 · Washington, DC

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

  Sep 25, 2026 · St. Paul, MN

• Colorado city sues ICE facility's landlord over detentions after permit revoked

  Sep 25, 2026 · Glenwood Springs, CO

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

  Sep 25, 2026

• Detainees packed into overcrowded NYC ICE facility, judge orders permanent injunction

  Sep 24, 2026 · New York, NY

• Supreme Court Allows Trump's Third-Country Deportations to Proceed

  Sep 24, 2026

• Court permanently bars ICE from holding detainees in abusive conditions at 26 Federal Plaza

  Sep 24, 2026 · New York, NY

• Peruvian man detained in Massachusetts faces attempted third-country removal to Central African Republic

  Sep 24, 2026 · MA

• Judge orders ICE to fix squalid detention conditions at NYC facility

  Sep 24, 2026 · New York, NY

• Man detained near Ashland after being followed from Medford store

  Sep 23, 2026 · Ashland, OR

• Medford man's vehicle window broken, handcuffed by ICE at work in mistaken arrest

  Sep 23, 2026 · Medford, OR

• Oregon judge orders ICE to hand over files as agency accused of ignoring injunction on warrantless arrests

  Sep 22, 2026 · OR

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

  Sep 21, 2026 · Foley, AL

• Detained immigrants win right to bond hearings as appeals court rejects Trump policy

  Sep 19, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Venezuelan man mistaken for brother, detained and pressured to sign self-deportation form

  Sep 19, 2026 · The Dalles, OR

• Appeals court curbs rapid third-country deportations, requiring notice

  Sep 18, 2026

• Judge rules Border Patrol illegally arrested LA immigrants without warrants or flight-risk checks

  Sep 17, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• International students face shorter visa stays under new DHS rule, then court pauses it

  Sep 15, 2026

• Judge blocks rule limiting stay for foreign students and journalists

  Sep 14, 2026 · Boston, MA

• 22 states and DC sue Trump administration over new green card benefits rule

  Sep 14, 2026 · New York, NY

• Man tased and thrown to ground by ICE agents during car stop, lawsuit says

  Sep 12, 2026 · MD

• U.S. citizen handcuffed by ICE outside Annapolis 7-Eleven, leads lawsuit over warrantless arrests

  Sep 11, 2026 · Annapolis, MD

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

  Sep 3, 2026 · Cato, NY

• Lawyers mobilize to free nearly 1,900 immigrant children held for months without parents

  Sep 3, 2026

• Judge blocks Trump's new birthright citizenship restrictions after Venezuelan mother's case

  Sep 2, 2026

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

  Sep 1, 2026 · LA

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

  Sep 1, 2026 · LA

• ICE's 'Operation Rotten Apple' arrests 2,197 across New York, mostly without criminal records

  Sep 1, 2026 · New York, NY

• 18-year-old beaten by ICE agents, left with broken wrist and swollen eye

  Aug 26, 2026 · CO

• Cambodian refugee's child redetained by ICE despite vacated conviction, fights for release

  Aug 26, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Trump Administration Petitions Supreme Court to Reinstate Border Asylum Ban

  Aug 25, 2026

• Judge strikes down Trump ban on immigrant visas for people from 75 countries

  Aug 22, 2026 · New York, NY

• 1-year-old told to file asylum application alone as hired attorney stayed silent

  Aug 21, 2026

• TB case at Aurora ICE facility prompts Colorado to seek court order against GEO Group

  Aug 20, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Man wrongfully detained after ICE violated probable cause injunction, judge orders release

  Aug 20, 2026 · CO

• Judge appoints monitors after migrant children held far past legal detention limit

  Aug 20, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Universities, unions sue to block new limit on international student visa status

  Aug 18, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Mother weighed giving up appeal to free kids from Texas detention camp

  Aug 18, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Women at Oklahoma ICE facility allege vaginal infections from unwashed underwear

  Aug 17, 2026 · Watonga, OK

• Billings father and 9-year-old ordered released after Havre detention

  Aug 11, 2026 · Billings, MT

• Judge Allows Trump Administration to End TPS for South Sudanese Nationals

  Aug 7, 2026

• ICE held in contempt for deporting 50+ asylum-seeking minors despite court order

  Aug 6, 2026 · MD

• Supreme Court likely to reject Trump birthright citizenship order

  Aug 5, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Trafficked, abused teens ordered deported despite pending legal status, lawsuit says

  Aug 5, 2026 · Philadelphia, PA

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

  Aug 4, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Children exposed to arsenic, lead at now-closed Miami detention center

  Aug 4, 2026 · Homestead, FL

• ICE detainee shows video of contaminated water with worms at California facility

  Aug 3, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

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

  Aug 2, 2026 · Columbus, OH

• Montana man held without charges by Border Patrol ordered released by judge

  Jul 30, 2026 · Lewistown, MT

• Hastily opened detention center faces lawsuits over conditions, medical neglect, solitary confinement

  Jul 30, 2026 · California City, CA

• California's Largest ICE Detention Center Fails All Court-Ordered Medical Standards

  Jul 28, 2026 · California City, CA

• Immigration detainee challenges mandatory detention as potential class member

  Jul 22, 2026 · Reno, NV

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

  Jul 20, 2026

• Federal judge orders sweeping reforms at Adelanto ICE detention center over inhumane conditions

  Jul 17, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Seven immigrants released after judge orders ICE to comply with court ruling on detention

  Jul 14, 2026 · Nevada

• Appeals court reverses decision on immigrant detention

  Jul 13, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Trump administration accused of sharing Iranian asylum seekers' confidential data

  Jul 8, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Immigrants arrested at NYC courthouses prompt new legal fight over judge's order

  Jul 7, 2026 · New York, NY

• Lawsuit: Trump administration shared confidential asylum info with Iran

  Jul 7, 2026

• 5th Circuit limits Trump administration's indefinite detention policy, orders bond hearings

  Jul 3, 2026

• Colombian father deported after ICE detention, family self-deports to reunite

  Jul 1, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Venezuelan asylum-seeking mother relieved as court upholds son's birthright citizenship

  Jun 30, 2026 · Washington, DC

• Longtime U.S. resident Rigoberto Santillan-Quiroz ordered released after eight months in ICE detention without bond

  Jun 30, 2026

• Supreme Court authorizes Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for 1.3 million

  Jun 29, 2026

• Pregnant mothers, working families challenge ICE's mass GPS monitoring policy

  Jun 29, 2026 · Washington, DC

• ICE rewrites detention rules shielding private facilities from forced labor lawsuits

  Jun 28, 2026

• ICE abandons warehouse detention plan after lawsuits

  Jun 27, 2026 · Romulus, MI

• Judge strikes down ICE policy allowing courthouse arrests

  Jun 25, 2026

• Supreme Court lets Trump end TPS protections for Haitians

  Jun 25, 2026

• Judge blocks Trump administration from arresting migrants at immigration courts nationwide

  Jun 24, 2026

• Judge vacates Trump's nationwide courthouse arrest policy for immigrants

  Jun 23, 2026

• Guatemalan asylum-seeker's lawsuit blocks ICE courthouse arrests nationwide

  Jun 23, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Seven immigrants separated from families in 2018, re-detained, freed by judge

  Jun 23, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Tohono O'odham Nation sues Trump administration over border wall on tribal lands

  Jun 17, 2026 · AZ

• Immigrants Face Indefinite Detention; Supreme Court Likely To Decide

  Jun 16, 2026

• 14-year-old U.S. citizen zip-tied during ICE raid in Idaho, ACLU sues

  Jun 16, 2026 · Wilder, ID

• Three detainees died at Camp East Montana; ACLU sues over abuse, neglect

  Jun 9, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Immigrant rights groups challenge DHS warrantless arrests in LA federal court

  Jun 9, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Hundreds protest hunger strike at Newark detention center; senator pepper sprayed, dozens arrested

  Jun 8, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Colombian woman severely ill in ICE detention, denied medical care despite hospitalizations

  Jun 4, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Boy separated from mother twice reunited after judge's order, dozens more remain separated

  Jun 4, 2026 · Miami, FL

• 27 people deported from U.S. to Ghana sue Ghana at West African regional court over onward removals

  Jun 2026 · Accra, Ghana

• Pregnant Colombian asylum seeker held over 40 days in Texas after fake lawyer scam

  Jun 1, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Mother deported despite court protections, separated from children a second time

  Jun 2026 · West Palm Beach, FL

• Four detainees sue ICE over conditions at Fort Bliss tent camp, alleging medical neglect and violence

  Jun 1, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Detainees sue ICE over abuse, disease, and deaths at Fort Bliss tent camp

  May 31, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Father separated from children detained 8+ months in Fort Bliss tent camp, joins lawsuit

  May 31, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Detainee locked in solitary confinement for injury preventing compliance with orders; sued ICE

  May 30, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Worker detained at Fort Bliss tent camp, fears cover-up of deaths and injustices

  May 30, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Cameroon teacher beaten by guards at Fort Bliss detention center, joins ACLU civil rights lawsuit

  May 30, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Man beaten and coerced to sign deportation papers at Fort Bliss tent camp, civil rights groups sue

  May 30, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Milwaukee teacher's aide self-deported to El Salvador, later wins court order to return

  May 28, 2026 · Milwaukee, WI

• Wyoming ACLU expands legal challenge to immigration enforcement agreements statewide

  May 27, 2026 · Cheyenne, WY

• Asylum seekers arrested at courtroom hearings, class action lawsuit seeks nationwide ban

  May 27, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Washington immigration judges continue denying bonds despite federal court ruling

  May 26, 2026 · Tacoma, WA