Unlawful Arrest/Entry

491 documented incidents tagged “Unlawful Arrest/Entry” in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• Amnesty International documents racial profiling, unlawful force in ICE operations across four cities

  Oct 5, 2026

• Bronx Man Wrongly Arrested by ICE After Agents Falsified Records, Judge Finds

  Oct 5, 2026 · Bronx, NY

• US citizen teen tackled, bloodied by ICE in mistaken Bronx arrest; judge calls it illegal

  Oct 5, 2026 · Bronx, NY

• Man mistaken for fugitive beaten and detained by ICE agents in Evanston, hospitalized

  Oct 4, 2026 · Evanston, IL

• Venezuelan man shot through door by ICE agent during raid; agent later charged

  Oct 4, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Masked ICE agents pull landscaper from work truck in Everett, witness films arrest

  Oct 2, 2026 · Everett, WA

• Ecuadorian brothers-in-law detained by ICE during Vermont roofing job; one released on bail

  Oct 1, 2026 · Cornwall, VT

• Guatemalan man re-detained by ICE moments after judge ordered his release

  Oct 1, 2026 · Fort Snelling, MN

• Man Arrested by ICE at Meriden courthouse

  Oct 1, 2026 · Meriden, CT

• Father detained by ICE outside Phoenix school as children watched

  Sep 29, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• US citizen father and daughter say ICE racially profiled them in Kansas traffic stop

  Sep 29, 2026 · Dodge City, KS

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

  Sep 28, 2026 · Fredericksburg, TX

• Teen U.S. citizen pepper-sprayed, wrist broken by ICE while filming raid near school

  Sep 27, 2026 · Alamo, TX

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

  Sep 25, 2026 · Fort Snelling, MN

• Senators propose bill to curb warrantless ICE arrests, indefinite detention

  Sep 25, 2026

• Kashmiri filmmaker granted bond, set for release after ICE detention

  Sep 24, 2026 · Dulles, VA

• Man describes being unlawfully detained by ICE for three months, underfed

  Sep 24, 2026 · Jackson, WY

• Mother detained by ICE outside daughter's home in Escondido

  Sep 23, 2026 · Escondido, CA

• Houston father with heart condition detained by ICE, family races to find him

  Sep 23, 2026 · Houston, TX

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

  Sep 23, 2026 · Medford, OR

• Judge's refugee foster son tricked by ICE, then deported to Cameroon

  Sep 23, 2026 · Detroit, MI

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

  Sep 22, 2026 · New Bedford, MA

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

  Sep 21, 2026 · North Platte, NE

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

  Sep 21, 2026 · Foley, AL

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

  Sep 20, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

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

  Sep 17, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Mother deported after Memphis nightclub raid, four children left with grandmother

  Sep 15, 2026 · Memphis, TN

• Phoenix man detained by ICE agents posing as electricians, family raises funds for bond

  Sep 15, 2026 · Mesa, AZ

• Woman maced by ICE agents during warrantless raid on NJ laundromat

  Sep 15, 2026 · Lindenwold, NJ

• ICE smashes truck window, detains construction workers near Montclair elementary school

  Sep 14, 2026 · Montclair, NJ

• Eritrean refugee deported to Equatorial Guinea beaten, held without lawyer access

  Sep 11, 2026 · Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

• Detention officer forged ICE documents to hold 20 immigrant inmates

  Sep 11, 2026 · Greensboro, NC

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

  Sep 11, 2026 · Annapolis, MD

• Parents arrested by ICE after dropping children off at San Diego school

  Sep 10, 2026 · San Diego, CA

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

  Sep 9, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Salvadoran father released after 10 months in ICE custody over false gang claim

  Sep 8, 2026 · Sherman Oaks, CA

• Two men detained as ICE raids Illinois factory without warrant

  Sep 3, 2026 · McCook, IL

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

  Sep 3, 2026 · Cato, NY

• Illinois man injured, detained in Evanston after ICE mistook him for fugitive

  Sep 1, 2026 · IL

• U.S. citizen held in car by ICE for 50 minutes in Mesa, Arizona

  Aug 31, 2026 · Mesa, AZ

• U.S. citizen handcuffed by ICE at Atlanta airport in mistaken identity case

  Aug 27, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

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

  Aug 27, 2026 · Lakewood, WA

• U.S. citizen thrown to ground, detained for hours by ICE in Passaic, NJ

  Aug 27, 2026 · Passaic, NJ

• Mother and epileptic daughter handcuffed at Florida hospital after crash, later self-deport

  Aug 25, 2026 · Orlando, FL

• Black bystander handcuffed by Border Patrol agent over immigrant assumption

  Aug 21, 2026 · Lake Worth Beach, FL

• Nigerian man beaten and tased in mistaken-identity ICE arrest in Bushwick

  Aug 21, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Guatemalan man tackled and detained by ICE while eating outside NY home

  Aug 21, 2026 · New Rochelle, NY

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

  Aug 20, 2026 · CO

• Man arrested by ICE agents at Texas home as owner demands warrant

  Aug 20, 2026 · Brownsville, TX

• Woman handcuffed by plainclothes ICE agents who concealed badges at airport gate

  August 18, 2026

• Ethiopian man repeatedly re-detained by ICE despite court orders, official held in contempt

  Aug 18, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Worker taken from Weslaco construction site by ICE agents without warrant

  Aug 17, 2026 · Weslaco, TX

• US citizen van driver stopped, five Haitian passengers detained by ICE in Springfield

  Aug 17, 2026 · Springfield, OH

• Armed ICE agents attempt warrantless entry into Sacramento immigration law firm

  Aug 14, 2026 · Sacramento, CA

• Nursing mother separated from infant and toddler with Down syndrome after ICE arrest, later released

  Aug 14, 2026 · Nashville, TN

• Honduran man held by county police after clash with ICE agents in Maryland

  Aug 11, 2026 · Columbia, MD

• U.S. citizen handcuffed by ICE after agents called her ID fake

  Aug 10, 2026 · Norfolk, VA

• 19-year-old U.S. citizen detained by ICE after recording enforcement operation, used as bait for father

  Aug 10, 2026 · Boise, ID

• Black DoorDash driver arrested by ICE agents on Jersey City street without warrant

  Aug 5, 2026 · Jersey City, NJ

• Deported SIJS holder returned to U.S. after settlement, reunites with daughter

  Aug 5, 2026 · Raleigh, NC

• Chicago ICE raid touted as anti-terror win results in no criminal charges

  Aug 2, 2026 · Chicago, IL

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

  Aug 2, 2026 · Columbus, OH

• Man deported despite living in U.S. for 28 years, U visa pending

  Aug 2, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Portland restaurant worker mistakenly deported to Guatemala, ICE agrees to return him

  Aug 2026 · Portland, ME

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

  Jul 30, 2026 · Lewistown, MT

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

  Jul 29, 2026 · IL

• Ecuadorian immigrant detained in Philadelphia based on mistaken identity

  Jul 29, 2026 · Philadelphia, PA

• Nigerian nun detained by ICE while walking to Mass in Texas, released after congressional intervention

  Jul 29, 2026 · McAllen, TX

• US citizen detained by ICE agents for 20-25 minutes based on appearance alone

  July 2026 · Westbury, NY

• Indigenous actress Elaine Miles detained by ICE, tribal ID rejected as fake

  July 2026 · Redmond, WA

• Father and mother detained by ICE outside Baltimore school, federal judges order releases

  Jul 24, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Georgetown scholar detained for pro-Palestinian speech wins appeal, ICE re-detention rejected

  Jul 24, 2026 · Richmond, VA

• Tile installer Luis arrested by ICE in parking lot despite valid work permit

  Jul 23, 2026 · Deer Park, NY

• U.S. Army veteran released from ICE detention after 9 months, alleges sexual assault by guard

  Jul 21, 2026 · Tacoma, WA

• Ecuadorian au pair detained by plainclothes ICE agents at Denver airport jet bridge

  Jul 21, 2026 · Denver, CO

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

  Jul 20, 2026

• Venezuelan man wrongly detained by ICE released after month in custody, returns to work

  Jul 17, 2026 · Lakewood, WA

• El Salvador national detained by ICE in San Francisco without warrant presented

  Jul 17, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• U.S. citizen detained by ICE after repeatedly asking agents to verify his ID

  Jul 17, 2026 · Passaic, NJ

• Colombian delivery driver fatally shot by ICE agent in mistaken Maine traffic stop

  Jul 17, 2026 · Biddeford, ME

• Hmong American U.S. citizen dragged from home in underwear by ICE; Minnesota investigates as kidnapping

  Jul 16, 2026 · Saint Paul, MN

• Detainees report indiscriminate beatings, medical neglect at Fort Bliss immigration detention camp

  Jul 15, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• U.S. citizen nearly hit by ICE agents during high-speed chase, gun drawn on passenger

  Jul 14, 2026 · Laguna Vista, TX

• Man with TPS detained by ICE at supermarket, family seeks answers

  Jul 14, 2026 · Charlotte, NC

• Chinese national re-detained at LAX after two years living lawfully in U.S.

  Jul 13, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Legal permanent resident detained alongside U.S. citizen during Olathe ICE operation

  Jul 11, 2026 · Olathe, KS

• U.S. citizen detained after ICE agent reverses into his truck in Olathe

  Jul 11, 2026 · Olathe, KS

• Man restrained by ICE agents in Salt Lake City home, family questions warrantless entry

  Jul 11, 2026 · Salt Lake City, UT

• ICE arrests Mexican national in driveway without valid warrant

  Jul 9, 2026 · Redwood City, CA

• Father and work permit holder detained by ICE in Joliet after mistaken identity

  July 6, 2026 · Joliet, IL

• Two detained in vehicle stop near Eugene; lawyers challenge racial profiling claims

  Jul 3, 2026 · Eugene, OR

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

  Jul 2026 · Cary, NC

• Asylum Seeker Re-detained at ICE Check-in Despite Prior Release

  Jun 30, 2026 · Pittsburg, California

• Couple violently arrested by ICE from food market in Milwaukee speak out at press conference

  Jun 29, 2026 · Milwaukee, WI

• Driver pulled over, border patrol swarms vehicle on I-10, passenger detained

  Jun 27, 2026 · Salomé, AZ

• Four QTS data center workers detained by ICE without explanation in Cedar Rapids

  Jun 27, 2026 · Cedar Rapids, IA

• ICE Agents Conduct Warrantless Arrests Without Flight Risk Assessment

  Jun 26, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Baltimore father arrested with wife outside school ordered released by judge, who rebukes ICE

  Jun 25, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Workers detained without warrant in ICE raid at NJ Oaxacan restaurant

  Jun 24, 2026 · Lakewood, NJ

• Asylum seeker transferred out of state despite court order, judge orders release

  Jun 24, 2026 · Lewiston, ME