Human Impact Project

Miguel Alvarado-Lopez, a worker at Moonshot Tavern in Portland, was apprehended by immigration enforcement agents on January 24 while sitting in his car at a gas station in Northeast Portland. He was transferred to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, then to Arizona, and as of the report was awaiting deportation to Guatemala where his wife and son reside.

Mamadou Mouctar Diallo, a 20-year-old asylum-seeker from Guinea and Brooklyn Frontiers High School student, was detained by ICE on August 4, 2025, following a routine immigration court hearing at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan. Diallo arrived in the United States in January 2024 seeking asylum after crossing the southern border and was pursuing Special Immigrant Juvenile status through proper legal channels. He was transferred to Pike County Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania and held pending removal proceedings. On August 14, elected officials and advocates gathered at Tweed Courthouse demanding his release from custody.

A federal judge dismissed charges against Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old TikTok creator and U.S. citizen arrested at an August 2 protest against immigration enforcement, after finding the government acted in bad faith. Redondo-Rosales had spent six months in jail awaiting trial for allegedly assaulting a Federal Protective Service officer with a cloth hat. The judge noted discrepancies in the officer's statements, that video evidence contradicted the assault claim, and that prosecutors sought dismissal to avoid disclosing problematic officer records rather than address legitimate legal issues.

Pablo Sequen filed a habeas corpus petition challenging unlawful detention by immigration authorities. The case involves a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction proceedings. A judge granted a preliminary injunction on September 16, 2025, halting the petitioner's deportation.