Ariel: Mason deported by ICE to El Salvador, leaving wife and two childrenAriel, a mason who worked on homes throughout Petworth, was deported to El Salvador, where he has no remaining family, leaving his wife Diana to raise their two children alone.Fundraiser onlyJul 31, 2026·Petworth, DC·El Salvador·GoFundMe📦
South Jersey restaurant owners arrested by ICE in Haddon TownshipEmine and Celal Emanet, who ran Jersey Kebab restaurant in Haddon Township after coming from Turkey nearly two decades ago, were arrested in February. He was released with an ankle monitor; she awaits a bond hearing.Feb 25, 2025·Haddon Township, NJ·Turkey·NBC Philadelphia📦,Patch+2📦
Activists naming ICE agents in California warned of legal consequences by DHSActivists in Southern California posted Spanish-language flyers revealing names and photos of ICE and HSI agents in Los Angeles neighborhoods. DHS and FBI condemned the action and opened an investigation.Feb 25, 2025·Los Angeles, CA·Newsweek📦,Associated Press📦,Latin Times📦,Republican News📦
Genry R.G.: Honduran man with schizoaffective disorder dies in ICE custody after seizuresGenry Ruiz Guillén, a 29-year-old Honduran man with schizoaffective disorder, suffered seizures and fainting spells while held at Krome before dying in December 2024. Experts have questioned the official cause of death.Feb 24, 2025·Miami, FL·Honduras·Physicians for Human Rights📦,MuckRock+1📦,La Nación📦,El País📦,Nation of Change📦,Immigration Policy Tracking📦,Miami Herald📦,Washington Post,ACLU📦,Star Tribune📦,The Independent📦
Juan T.M.: Dominican man dies after three days in ICE custody in Puerto RicoJuan Alexis Tineo-Martinez, a 44-year-old Dominican man, died of a suspected hemorrhagic stroke in February 2025 after three days in ICE custody in Puerto Rico following a maritime interdiction.Feb 23, 2025·San Juan, PR·Dominican Republic·Physicians for Human Rights📦,El País📦,Nation of Change📦,Immigration Policy Tracking📦
Guatemalan man deported by ICE against judge's order brought backA 33-year-old Guatemalan man was returned to the U.S. in June 2025 after being unlawfully deported to Mexico despite a judge's order barring his removal. A federal judge called the deportation "blatant lawlessness."Feb 22, 2025·El Paso, TX·Guatemala·Reuters📦,CBS News📦,NBC News,New York Post📦,NTD,Instagram📦
Parents of three U.S. citizen daughters deported to Colombia after 35 yearsGladys and Nelson Gonzalez, married 35-year U.S. residents with three citizen daughters and active in church work, were deported to Colombia in February 2025 after a routine immigration check-in.Feb 21, 2025·Orange County, CA·Colombia·CNN📦,The Mercury News📦
Maksym C.: Ukrainian man dies after delayed emergency response to stroke at ICE facilityMaksym Chernyak, a 44-year-old Ukrainian man who fled Russia's invasion, suffered a stroke at Krome after days without treatment for worsening symptoms. Staff reportedly delayed calling 911; he died two days later.Feb 20, 2025·Miami-Dade County, FL·Ukraine·CNN+1📦,Miami Herald📦,Washington Post📦,ACLU📦,Star Tribune📦,The Independent📦,Immigration Policy Tracking+1📦,El País+1📦,Nation of Change📦,Human Rights Watch📦,International Business Times
Mayfreed D.A.: Venezuelan barber says Guantanamo guards beat him, denied lawyers before deportationA Venezuelan barber was transferred to Guantanamo Bay in February 2025, where he says he was beaten, denied attorney and family calls, and attempted suicide twice before being deported to Venezuela.Feb 20, 2025·El Paso, TX·Venezuela·ProPublica📦,BBC📦,NPR📦
Jose Daniel S.: Construction worker held in isolation at Guantanamo before being deportedA 30-year-old Venezuelan construction worker was sent to Guantanamo Bay with his wife nearby, held 15 days in poor conditions, then deported to Honduras after nine months in custody.Feb 20, 2025·El Paso, TX·Venezuela·ProPublica📦,BBC📦,La Nación📦,Frontera Digital📦
Separated toddlers as young as 1 face deportation court without lawyersInfants and toddlers as young as 1, separated from parents under a family separation policy, are facing deportation proceedings without any lawyer provided to them.Feb 19, 2025·PBS📦,Washington Post📦,Think Progress📦,Associated Press📦
Sering C.: Gambian man with heart conditions suffers stroke-like syndrome after ICE denies medicationsA Gambian man with serious heart conditions was shackled and held at a New York facility, going two weeks without his heart medication before suffering a stroke-like episode. A judge ordered his release.Feb 19, 2025·New York, NY·Gambia·The Intercept📦,Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights📦,Central Current📦
Migrant remains recovered in Arizona desert, where over 150 died last yearA volunteer search group based in Ajo, Arizona, recovers the remains of migrants who died crossing the desert, finding multiple death sites during February expeditions alone.Feb 19, 2025·Tucson, AZ·KOLD📦,AZ Family📦
Mayfreed D.A.: Venezuelan man sent to Guantánamo in Trump deportation expansionA 21-year-old Venezuelan man was sent to Guantánamo Bay despite having no criminal record beyond unauthorized entry; his mother disputes the government's account of an altercation used to justify his transfer.Feb 19, 2025·Venezuela·The Bulwark📦,Miami Herald📦,CNN📦,The Columbian📦,Latin Times📦,The Spectator
1-year-old Honduran boy separated from father faces immigration judge aloneA 1-year-old Honduran boy named Johan was separated from his father and faced immigration court proceedings alone, after his father was deported following an unfulfilled promise of reunification.Feb 19, 2025·Phoenix, AZ·Honduras·PBS📦,Washington Post📦,Think Progress📦,Associated Press📦
North Texas muralist and former DACA recipient self-deports to MexicoDora Reynosa, a Dallas muralist known as ByZeneth with thousands of Instagram followers, left for Mexico after facing an assault while painting and citing rising ICE enforcement, vowing to keep creating immigrant-themed art.Feb 19, 2025·Mexico·KERA News📦,KERA,Instagram📦
Border Patrol agent Andrew Josiah Segura faces charges related to detainee incident.Border Patrol agent Andrew Josiah Segura was charged with assault and evidence tampering after allegedly assaulting a handcuffed detainee and threatening CBP employees in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on February 19, 2025.Feb 19, 2025·Santa Teresa, NM·PACER Monitor,U.S. Department of Justice📦,Border Report,Instagram📦
Lucas S.: German man held over two weeks by ICE at San Diego borderLucas Sielaff, 25, was detained after trying to cross from Tijuana to see his American fiancée, then chose to leave the country after weeks in custody.Feb 18, 2025·San Diego, CA·Germany·PBS,10News📦,NBC San Diego
Undocumented day laborers volunteer in L.A. fire cleanup amid ICE raidsUndocumented day laborers in Los Angeles, including men named Luis and Jonathan, are volunteering to clear wildfire debris and rebuild homes even as they face possible deportation amid ICE raids.Feb 18, 2025·Los Angeles, CA·The Prospect📦,Capital & Main📦,Business & Human Rights Resource Centre📦,Scheer Post📦
Man in fatal Indiana crash arrested by ICE faces deportation to GuatemalaA 49-year-old Guatemalan man, Domingo Juan Juan, was detained by ICE and faces deportation after a 2024 crash near Seymour, Indiana, that killed 27-year-old Brad Castner; he was charged only with driving without a license.Feb 17, 2025·Seymour, IN·Guatemala·WDRB Wave📦,The Republic,WISH-TV,WBIW
Tarlis B.G.: Trans asylum seeker sent to Guantánamo by ICE, housed with menTarlis Marcone De Barros Gonçalves, a transgender Brazilian asylum seeker, says she was housed with five men and searched by male guards after being flown to Guantánamo Bay, then shackled painfully during a transfer flight.Feb 15, 2025·NM·Brazil·Them📦,Center for Constitutional Rights📦,Triangle Free Press,CourtListener,The Free Radical
