Human Impact Project

George Retes, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran, was detained by ICE agents on July 10 while driving to work at a cannabis farm in Camarillo, California. During the arrest, agents used pepper spray and tear gas, physically restrained him by kneeling on his back and neck, and held him for three days without allowing him to contact an attorney or speak with a judge. The raid also affected other farm workers and children who were tear gassed. Retes was released without any charges being filed and is now pursuing legal action under the Federal Tort Claims Act for his unlawful detention and the force used against him.

Rami Othmane, a 36-year-old Tunisian man and green card applicant married to a U.S. citizen, was arrested by ICE agents on July 13 while driving to the supermarket. He was held for 13 days at the downtown L.A. ICE facility (B-18) despite a settlement requiring detainees be held no more than 12 hours. Conditions included an open toilet, concrete floor sleeping, malnutrition, and extreme cold temperatures while he suffered from a brain tumor. After his transfer to an Arizona detention center and 13 additional days there, he was released on bail with an ankle monitor.

Jaime Alanis Garcia, a cannabis farmworker, died Saturday from injuries sustained during a federal immigration raid at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California. Garcia fell approximately 30 feet from a greenhouse roof during the raid on Thursday and suffered a broken neck and skull. He was placed on life support and died after his family decided to discontinue his care. The raid resulted in 319 arrests of undocumented migrants and hundreds of protesters were present.

Federal and state lawmakers toured the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in Florida on July 12, 2025, which houses suspected undocumented immigrants. Democratic lawmakers reported seeing detainees in cages with conditions including heat, insects, and limited access to facilities, while Republican officials offered different characterizations. The facility, built in eight days, currently holds nearly 1,000 detainees with plans to expand to 4,000 capacity.

An Instagram post shares a TikTok video allegedly showing ICE agents conducting a raid on Don Chilaquiles food vendor stand and detaining workers. The video also allegedly shows agents returning to seize the cash box.

Sandra was arrested by ICE during a routine check-in appointment at the agency's San Francisco field office on July 11, 2025, and has since been held in a detention center awaiting updates on her pending asylum case. Her husband Roberto, who recently obtained legal status, was present during the arrest. Sandra remains in detention with an uncertain timeline for resolution of her years-long immigration proceedings.

Barbara Stone, a 71-year-old U.S. citizen, was handcuffed and detained by ICE agents outside of a San Diego immigration court hearing. Stone reported that she was affected by the incident.

Multiple men across at least three states have been arrested for impersonating ICE agents to sexually assault immigrant women since Trump's inauguration. Cases include a man in Prince George's County, Maryland who raped a Latina woman while posing as an ICE agent, and another in Raleigh, North Carolina who kidnapped and raped an immigrant woman while threatening deportation.

According to a social media post, Border Patrol allegedly illegally arrested a U.S. citizen. The family reportedly does not know the whereabouts of the arrested individual. The incident was shared on Instagram with a video documenting the situation.

A Guardian investigation found that ICE increasingly detains people in small holding facilities for days or weeks in violation of federal policy. ICE had previously prohibited detention longer than 12 hours in these facilities, but a June memo allowed up to three days. Analysis of detention data found ICE uses at least 170 holding facilities nationwide, with some locations seeing detention times increase by nearly 600% after the rule change.

Jonathan Anthony Caravello, a California State University Channel Islands math lecturer, was arrested during a federal immigration raid at Glass House Farms in Camarillo on July 10, 2025. He was charged with allegedly throwing a tear gas canister at law enforcement, though some reports indicate he was attempting to dislodge a canister stuck under a wheelchair. Caravello was released on a $15,000 bond with arraignment scheduled for August 1.

George Retes, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran, was arrested by ICE agents during a federal immigration raid at a cannabis farm in Camarillo on July 10, 2025. Despite identifying himself as a citizen and an Army veteran, agents refused to check his identification, pepper-sprayed him, and held him in custody for three days without allowing him to make a phone call or speak to a lawyer. He was released with no charges and no explanation.

NBC6 reviewed dozens of 911 calls made from April through June 2025 from family members and employees at Krome Detention Center requesting medical assistance for detainees. The calls document cases of unresponsive detainees, chest pains, blood coughing, and other serious health conditions where facility staff allegedly did not provide adequate medical response. A recent report found detainees were held beyond the 12-hour limit and some did not receive required medical and mental health screenings upon arrival.

Two federal ICE agents arrested 27-year-old Jack Randmaa and pepper sprayed 80-year-old attorney Doug Hayes during a chaotic scene in downtown Santa Barbara. Randmaa, a volunteer ICE observer, was allegedly arrested after approaching an ICE vehicle on Carrillo Street, with agents accusing him of slashing a tire, though his father claims the charges are false.

The Trump administration is planning to expand ICE detention capacity in Colorado by opening as many as six new detention facilities across the state, including locations in Walsenburg, Hudson, Colorado Springs, and La Junta. Congress approved $45 billion for new immigration detention centers to support the administration's goal of doubling detention capacity nationwide. ACLU litigation obtained FOIA documents revealing these expansion plans, identifying potential sites that include closed or former correctional facilities. Private prison operators including the GEO Group have proposed expanding existing facilities and reopening shuttered prisons to support ICE's Denver Field Office. Over 3,000 people were detained in Colorado's ICE network in 2025, including 39 children ages 9 or younger at the Denver location, with arrests in the field office increasing nearly 300 percent since Trump took office.

Immigrants detained at ICE holding rooms at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan have complained of inhumane conditions including cramped quarters, inadequate food, inability to bathe or change clothes, and sleeping on concrete floors. Some detainees reported stays lasting up to 10 days in what were previously temporary processing areas, with allegations of insufficient medical care and limited communication with family and lawyers.

Immigrant detainees at a state-managed detention facility in the Florida Everglades are alleging conditions including lack of water, electricity issues, inadequate food, and excessive mosquitoes. Detainees from Cuba and Colombia have reported being denied access to bathrooms, showers, medicine, and legal representation. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has requested access to monitor the facility, while state officials deny the allegations.

Eduardo Guzman Garcia was pulled over in Henry County for a broken brake light on July 9, 2025, and subsequently taken to jail for driving without a license. The Henry County Sheriff's Office notified DHS after discovering an immigration detainer on him, and ICE agents arrested him at the jail. He has been held in an ICE facility in Atlanta since July 12, 2025, while his family continues working on his green card application.

The American Civil Liberties Union obtained documents through FOIA litigation revealing ICE's plans to expand immigration detention facilities in Colorado. The documents identify six potential detention sites under consideration, many of which are closed facilities owned by private prison corporations. The expansion comes after Congress allocated $45 billion to ICE for nationwide detention infrastructure expansion.

The El Salvador government has acknowledged to UN investigators that the Trump administration maintains control over Venezuelan migrants who were deported from the U.S. to El Salvador's CECOT prison in March 2025, contradicting public statements by officials in both countries. The revelation came in court filings by lawyers for over 100 migrants challenging their deportations, with the U.S. having paid $6 million for El Salvador to house 300 migrants accused of gang membership.

Bellingcat analyzed videos of over 100 immigration raids in Los Angeles between June 6 and June 22, 2025, documenting patterns in enforcement by ICE and CBP officers. The raids targeted workers at car washes, street vendors, and Home Depot parking lots, with officers often masked, unmarked, and using unmarked vehicles. Some have claimed the tactics constitute racial profiling and violation of federal law regarding identification and warrants.

ICE agents arrested a Guatemalan asylum seeker identified as Juan on July 8, 2025, minutes after he completed his immigration court hearing at the John E. Moss Federal Building in downtown Sacramento. The man had been complying with all court requirements, had no criminal record, and had not missed any previous hearings or check-ins. Despite receiving a new court date scheduled for October, he was detained by ICE immediately following his hearing. Volunteers from NorCal Resist assisted his family member in locating legal resources and using the federal detainee locator system.

ICE agents arrested Deivi Jose Molina-Pena, a 33-year-old Venezuelan on Temporary Protected Status, at a Walmart on July 7, 2025. The arrest was captured on video. The arrest occurred following tensions between American-born and immigrant delivery drivers working for Walmart's Spark service, with American drivers reportedly calling ICE hotlines to report the immigrants' locations. Molina-Pena suffered a head injury during the arrest and remains in ICE custody in El Paso.

Hamza Mohamed Al-Kashif, a stateless Palestinian born in Kuwait, was re-detained by ICE on July 7, 2025 during a routine check-in after being on supervised release since 2008. Al-Kashif had a final removal order from 2007 but ICE had not secured travel documents for his removal to Kuwait or Egypt. The court ordered his immediate release, finding his continued detention unlawful due to no significant likelihood of removal in the foreseeable future.

The Trump administration deported over 260 migrants to El Salvador's CECOT prison in March 2024, a facility known for human rights abuses. Salvadoran officials acknowledged to UN investigators that the US maintains control of the Venezuelan men held there, contradicting public statements from both governments. Lawyers for the migrants argue the US government has misled courts about its ability to ensure their due process rights.

Anastasio Sanchez, a 51-year-old man who had operated a taco truck in East L.A. for five years, was detained by federal agents on July 6, 2025, near Whittier and Atlantic boulevards. Sanchez had paused his business due to ICE raids in the area but reopened out of financial necessity. He was transferred from Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown L.A. to Adelanto Detention Facility in San Bernardino County.

Nine anti-ICE protesters were tried for their roles in a July 4, 2025 demonstration outside an ICE detention facility in Prairieland, Texas. Eight defendants were convicted of material support for terrorism charges, with prosecutors arguing that wearing black bloc clothing assisted in the shooting of a police officer by protester Benjamin Song. Song was convicted of attempted murder for shooting the officer in the neck and faces up to life in prison, while other defendants face up to 15 years on the terrorism charges.

Chih-Ming "Petey" Feng, a Taiwanese national and cook at high-profile Dallas restaurants, was detained during an immigration check-in on November 6, 2025, for overstaying his visa since 2010 and a 2023 DWI misdemeanor. He spent 133 days in ICE detention facilities in southwest Texas before returning home to Taiwan. During his detention, friends in the Dallas restaurant community provided support by securing legal representation, accessing funds, and coordinating his release.

Milagro Solis Portillo was detained by ICE agents on July 3 outside her home in Sherman Oaks and hospitalized at Glendale Memorial Hospital. Detention officers have maintained a presence at the hospital. Community leaders and elected officials have stated concerns about this presence at the hospital. Her family alleged she was left handcuffed and covered in vomit for over eight hours without proper medical care.

The Los Angeles Police Department instructed all LAPD officers to verify the identity and credentials of ICE agents when they arrive on scene.

Ward Sakeik, a 22-year-old stateless Palestinian woman married to a U.S. citizen, was released from ICE detention on July 2, 2025, after being detained for nearly five months starting in February when she returned from her honeymoon. Sakeik, who has lived in the U.S. since age 8, was arrested at St. Thomas Airport in the U.S. Virgin Islands while under an order of supervision and with a green card application pending. The government attempted to deport her twice, including once while a federal court order was in place, before releasing her.

Edilberto Suarez Vergara, a Cuban citizen who had been under ICE supervision since 2006, was detained by ICE in July 2025. He was held at Camp 57 in Angola, Louisiana, then transferred to Arizona where he was scheduled for deportation to Mexico. The court granted a temporary restraining order blocking his removal, finding he was denied proper notice and hearing before being deported to a third-party country where he has no connections.

The Trump administration expanded mandatory immigration detention in July 2025 to include all immigrants who arrived illegally, regardless of criminal history. North Lake Detention Center in Baldwin, Michigan, experienced a surge from 400 to nearly 1,400 detainees by late 2025, resulting in inadequate medical care, multiple 911 calls, at least one death, and numerous cases of medical neglect.

Are we in Moscow or Beijing ?Unmarked vans. Masked agents. Beating protesters into the concrete. And for what? For speaking out against ICE. They call it “impeding federal operations.” We call it what it is: kidnapping. All 3 were released with no charges. So why brutalize them in the first place? This is America in 2025. 👀 🎥This video is from July 2025 #usa #abolishice #humanity #abusive #power

A 60-year-old Afghan migrant, Baqir Rezaei, died in an Iranian detention camp in Zabol after being intercepted despite holding an official exit permit. He was held without food or water and forced to work under extreme heat conditions. According to his family, at least eight migrants died in the camp out of 35 who lost consciousness from heat and thirst.

Cristian Romo-Bermejo, a former Virginia Tech student, was arrested in July 2025 after an alcohol-related incident where he allegedly threatened staff and assaulted officers while being treated for alcohol poisoning. He was subsequently detained by ICE due to his undocumented status and was deported before his scheduled court appearance for the assault charges.

Paul John Bojerski, 79, a Polish-born refugee who legally immigrated to the U.S. in 1952 and lived there for over 70 years, was detained by ICE in late October 2025 based on a decades-old deportation order from 1968. Despite having no passport and no country to return to, Bojerski was taken into custody after attending a routine ICE check-in and transferred to Alligator Alcatraz detention facility. His family reports his health has deteriorated significantly during detention, and he now awaits resolution of his case.

Donna Brown-Hughes, an Irish woman who has lived in America for 47 years, was detained by ICE for five months after returning from a trip to Ireland. She was arrested in Chicago due to two dishonored checks from 13 and 10 years prior. She was subsequently released and reunited with her family in Missouri. During detention, she reported conditions including unsanitary facilities, pest infestations, and inadequate food and utilities.

A 15-year-old Mexican national was detained by Florida Highway Patrol in Tampa and transferred to Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility in the Florida Everglades designed for adult detainees. The teenager initially claimed to be an adult, but was transferred to a shelter for migrant children after his age was confirmed. State and federal officials initially did not acknowledge the minor had been held at the facility before acknowledging it after media confirmation.

Two Los Angeles City Council members introduced motions to require LAPD to verify the identities of individuals claiming to be law enforcement and increase penalties for impersonating public safety personnel. The motions address plainclothes individuals in unmarked vehicles conducting immigration enforcement without proper identification. The motions were introduced following immigration enforcement actions in Huntington Park and other areas across Los Angeles County.

ICE agents surveilled a Tampa home and confronted a man they suspected of being Marvin Isaac Caceres Maradiaga, a Honduran citizen with a 2023 removal order. When relatives emerged and an altercation began, agents entered the home without a judicial warrant, obtaining verbal "consent" after threatening to break down the door. The relatives were arrested for allegedly assaulting federal officers.

Arpineh Kamal Masihi, an Iranian-born refugee with a prior theft conviction, was detained by ICE for 187 days at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center after her green card was revoked. Her husband Arthu Sahakyan has stated he would continue to support Trump and his immigration enforcement policies.

Thirty young people were arrested after blocking an ICE detention facility near Alligator Alcatraz. A journalist covering the action was also detained by police. The protesters are demanding the shutdown of all ICE facilities and the abolition of ICE.

Seven people were detained during an immigration enforcement operation at a Home Depot in Corona on Monday morning. Federal agents chased individuals in the parking lot and placed them in handcuffs. Activists reported witnessing the operation and said similar enforcement actions occurred in Chino the same morning, resulting in at least three additional detentions. CBP agents arrested 37 people outside three Home Depot stores in LA County on June 30, 2025. The arrests occurred at locations on Figueroa Street, in North Hollywood, and on Sunset Boulevard. According to DHS, those detained had criminal histories including drug trafficking, firearm offenses, theft, forgery, DUIs, and battery. An earlier raid on June 19 at the Sunset Boulevard location also resulted in detentions, including at least one U.S. citizen, prompting local officials and community members to protest the operations.

Data shows that migrants at some Houston-area detention centers are being held more than twice as long since the start of Trump's second term. Svetlana Romanova, a Russian asylum seeker who fled to protest the Ukraine war, has spent eight months in detention. Islam Musaev, a Kyrgyzstani man whose asylum case was granted but is being appealed by the government, has been detained nearly a year. Conditions and detention practices were examined during this period while asylum cases move through the court system.

Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos, a long-term Arizona resident who had lived in the United States since age 14, was deported to Mexico by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials following a 2008 conviction for criminal impersonation related to using a false Social Security number to obtain employment. Her deportation occurred shortly after President Trump signed an executive order on January 25, 2017, expanding deportation priorities to include immigrants charged with crimes. Garcia de Rayos was taken to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, where she was reunited with her two teenage children, Jackie (14) and Angel (16), who had been living in Mesa, Arizona.

Jackie Merlos, an undocumented immigrant mother with a pending U-visa and four U.S. citizen children, was detained by CBP agents on June 28, 2025, at Peace Arch Park near the U.S.-Canada border during a family picnic. The family was held in a CBP facility for 12 days. Federal authorities attempted to deport them without proper documentation or due process. The children were released after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking their removal. Jackie Merlos remains in ICE custody facing formal removal proceedings.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted enforcement operations at the Chesterfield County courthouse, resulting in the arrest of undocumented immigrants. Activists and community members gathered to protest the arrests at the courthouse.

Fernando Diaz, 23, was arrested in Huntington Park after police found a loaded firearm, official-looking Homeland Security and CBP documents, and other law enforcement paraphernalia in his vehicle. Diaz denies claims that he told officers he was a former Border Patrol agent, though police continue investigating whether he was impersonating a federal officer.

Jian Hao Zhang, owner of China Moon restaurant in Camden, was arrested by ICE agents on June 27 and detained at an ICE facility in Batavia for eight months. An immigration court judge had ordered him to leave the country, but he did not comply. Zhang was released in March 2026 after winning an appeal and has returned home to his family.