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Man with internal bleeding returned early from hospital to ICE's Adelanto facility

Guadalupe Moreno Cristin, held at Adelanto's Desert View Annex, was returned from the hospital after four days despite internal bleeding, before doctors' recommended treatment was finished. An advocacy group is demanding his release.

Jul 18, 2026·Adelanto, CA·

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Woman detained by ICE on her way to work

Denise Epieyu was detained by ICE while on her way to work. Her family started a fundraiser to pay for legal help and secure her release from the Aurora, Colorado facility.

Fundraiser onlyJul 18, 2026·Aurora, CO·

GoFundMe📦,Instagram📦

Bellaire High senior seeking asylum detained by ICE at Houston airport

Alim Garipov, 18, a Bellaire High School senior and swim team captain, was detained at Hobby Airport while visiting colleges with family. He has a pending asylum case.

Jul 18, 2026·Houston, TX·Russia·

Click2Houston+2📦,Houston Chronicle+1📦,Houston Public Media+1📦,Instagram📦

Chinese human rights lawyer detained by ICE while delivering packages, faces deportation

Shaoping Wu, a Chinese human rights lawyer who fled persecution in 2019, was detained while working as an Amazon delivery driver in Pennsylvania. He has a pending asylum case and lives with his wife and 17-year-old daughter.

Jul 18, 2026·Mount Holly Springs, PA·China·

The Guardian📦,New York Times,Lancaster Online+2📦,People,Philadelphia Inquirer📦,Instagram+1📦

Driver assaulted in fake ICE traffic stop by masked impersonators in Oregon

A driver on Highway 211 near Clackamas County was pulled over by masked men posing as ICE agents, forced from their car, searched, and assaulted before being released and treated at a hospital.

Jul 17, 2026·Woodburn, OR·

The Independent📦,Snopes📦,Grants Pass Tribune,Central Oregon Daily📦,Instagram+1

Australian man half-handcuffed by ICE at Las Vegas airport, arrested at LAX

Phu Nguyen, a 57-year-old Australian citizen, was held on the ground and partly handcuffed by plainclothes agents at a Las Vegas airport before onlookers intervened. He was arrested the next day at LAX and is now held at Adelanto.

Jul 17, 2026·Las Vegas, NV·Australia·

CNN+1📦,Click2Houston📦

Venezuelan woman detained at ICE check-in, may be deported to Mexico

A Venezuelan woman who had lived under supervised release since 2011 was detained at a routine ICE check-in after her supervision was revoked. She is held at Richwood Correctional Center and faces removal to Venezuela or Mexico.

Jul 17, 2026·Richwood, LA·Venezuela·

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Gay asylum seeker redetained by ICE weeks after judge ordered release

Celestin Dima, a gay asylum seeker from Burkina Faso who fled persecution, was redetained during a routine check-in weeks after a judge ordered his release. He now wears a GPS monitor and faces deportation to an unnamed country.

Jul 17, 2026·New York, NY·Burkina Faso·

Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting📦,Gila Valley Central📦,Calo News📦,Phoenix New Times

Wise County father with work permit detained by ICE at traffic stop

Rosendo Lira, 59, a Wise County business owner and father of five, was detained minutes from home despite holding a valid work permit, while preparing for daughter Bella's quinceañera.

Jul 17, 2026·Decatur, TX·Mexico·

FOX 4 News📦,Washington County Messenger📦

Salvadoran father held by ICE, partner and infant son face eviction

Giovanni Henriquez-Osorio, from El Salvador, was held at a Nevada facility while his partner and infant son faced eviction. A judge found no evidence of gang ties and ordered his release on July 17, 2026.

Jul 17, 2026·Provo, UT·El Salvador·

Las Vegas Review-Journal📦

Man held in Texas cannot see his New York lawyer in person

A man held at Port Isabel Service Processing Center in Texas sought to stop his transfer out of state while his case proceeds, but a court denied the request.

Jul 17, 2026·Cameron County, Texas·

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Woman held in Washoe County, Nevada, at risk of imminent deportation

Floridalma Chinchilla, held at a Nevada detention facility, asked a court to block her transfer or removal while fighting her detention. The court barred her transfer or removal for now.

Jul 17, 2026·Reno, Nevada·

CourtListener,Habeas Dockets📦

Father of two with pregnant wife detained by ICE in San Francisco

A Salvadoran man with no criminal record, in the U.S. since 2021 and sole provider for his pregnant wife and two children, was detained outside his San Francisco home. A court ordered his immediate release.

Jul 17, 2026·San Francisco, CA·El Salvador·

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People detained at Bemidji airport and hotel by Border Patrol and ICE

Suspects fled on foot to Bemidji Regional Airport's runway after a traffic stop and were caught with help from local and state police. Separately, ICE detained at least one person at a nearby hotel the same morning.

Jul 17, 2026·Bemidji, MN·

Bemidji Now📦,KB101 FM📦

Cuban man held six months by ICE with no deportation plan

Maikel Guerra Morales was freed after six months in ICE detention when a judge ruled the agency had no real deportation plan. The judge who ordered his release died days later.

Jul 17, 2026·Fort Myers, FL·Cuba·

WINK News+1📦,Fact in Face📦,WLT Report📦,The National Pulse📦,Simple Justice📦

Two construction workers arrested in Cardiff by federal agents

Two construction worker brothers from National City, with nearly two decades on the job, were arrested outside a Cardiff site on July 17. One is married with a son aspiring to become an architect.

Jul 17, 2026·Cardiff, CA·

KPBS📦

Twin students detained by ICE in Buffalo, split between Texas and Louisiana

Twin 18-year-old students Angely and Alexka Jerez-Medina were detained while working a summer job at an Amazon warehouse in Buffalo, then sent to detention in Texas and Louisiana. Neither has ever been arrested or convicted of a crime.

Jul 17, 2026·

Detroit Free Press,CourtListener,Instagram📦

U.S. citizen detained by ICE agents who refused to check his ID

A U.S. citizen in Passaic, New Jersey was handcuffed and forced to the ground by immigration agents after repeatedly asking them to verify his ID, which they refused to do.

Jul 17, 2026·Passaic, NJ·

Attack of the Fanboy📦,Instagram📦

Refugee green card holder held six months by ICE in Iowa jail

Nyamuoch Thomas Duoth, a South Sudanese refugee who has lived in the U.S. since 1994, was ordered released after more than six months in an Iowa jail following her ICE detention in March 2025.

Jul 16, 2026·Pottawattamie County, IA·South Sudan·

KCRG📦,Iowa News📦,Standing Record,Iowa Capital Dispatch

Seven undocumented immigrants arrested in ICE targeted operation in Bemidji

Seven men, including a construction worker who tried to escape by swimming into Lake Bemidji, were arrested during an ICE operation at a hotel site on July 16, 2026.

Jul 16, 2026·Bemidji, MN·

Bemidji Pioneer📦,LPTV📦,CourtListener

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