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Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S.-born citizen, was detained by ICE agents on two separate occasions at construction sites in recent months. His attorney disputes the government's claim that he interfered with agents, stating he was violently tackled and detained despite showing his Real ID both times. The lawsuit alleges ICE violated Fourth Amendment protections and that officers targeted Latino workers based on racial assumptions.

A federal agent sprayed mace at a woman protester standing in front of him outside the Portland ICE facility. The incident was captured on video and occurred amid ongoing demonstrations against federal immigration enforcement. Portland Police liaisons were seen collecting video from witnesses, though the PPB stated they lack authority to investigate federal officers operating within the scope of their employment.

According to a CNN investigation, two dozen incidents in 2025 involved people impersonating ICE officers. These incidents include political intimidation of immigrants and criminal acts including kidnapping, robbery, assault, and rape.

Three members of an Albany Park family detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents Sunday in Millennium Park are now being held at O’Hare Airport, according to neighbors. Federal agents stopped Noemi Chavez; her husband, Jaime Ramirez; their 8-year-old daughter, Dasha Ramirez; and their 3-year-old son and took them away in a white van during a family outing Sunday at the park. Witnesses saw Dasha Ramirez crying and clutching a doll during the arrests. The incident was caught on video and shared widely on social media. Chavez told the Tribune the family made the outing because Dasha “really wanted to visit Millennium Park.” Dasha and her little brother were playing in the water at the Crown Fountain when federal agents approached their parents, according to the Tribune. Albany Park resident Lauren Rappold said she saw the photos and videos of the family being detained and recognized them immediately. Her son attends Grover Cleveland Elementary School and is in the same third-grade class as Dasha. Rappold shared the information in a Cleveland Elementary moms group and spoke with a neighbor who had been able to get in contact with Chavez via WhatsApp. The neighbor, who asked not to be identified, told Rappold that Chavez and her two children had been taken to O’Hare’s immigration customs enforcement area at Terminal 5. Chavez told the Tribune that federal officers declined to show her a warrant during the arrest. Border Protection did not respond to a request for comment. Rappold brought a bag with fresh clothes, diapers and medicine to O’Hare on Monday morning. Chavez confirmed she got the bag over WhatsApp and said she was told she will be kept at O’Hare until there are enough people to fill a plane to send to a detention center in Texas, Rappold said. ✍️ Full story by @Writtenbymollyd in our link in bio.📸 Provided

A federal immigration raid at La Catedral horse race track in Wilder, Idaho in October 2025 is drawing national attention after Anabel Romero, a U.S. citizen and mother of three, testified before the U.S. Senate about the operation. Romero described agents threatening her family and using force against her children, including zip-tying her 14-year-old daughter. The testimony challenged Trump administration statements that no children were restrained during the raid, and a federal lawsuit has been filed over the operation's impact on Idaho families.

Federal agents with Border Patrol, FBI, and ATF conducted a predawn raid on a South Shore apartment building at 7500 S. South Shore Drive, arresting 37 people. Agents used military tactics including flashbang grenades, drones, and helicopters to enter units, with witnesses reporting residents including children were pulled from apartments without clothing. U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours, and residents reported missing belongings and property damage throughout the building.

Gabriela Lozano Sousa, a Venezuelan national who legally entered the United States through a humanitarian parole program in 2023, has been detained for five months by ICE following a dismissed domestic dispute case. She has lived in the country for two years and married a U.S. citizen. ICE classified her as an "arriving immigrant," making her subject to mandatory detention without bond. Federal courts are divided on the legal justification for her detention. Removal proceedings continue and her family is considering voluntary departure to avoid a ten-year reentry bar.

A Chicago couple was arrested during Operation Midway Blitz just eight days after getting married. The wife was deported to Mexico while the husband remained in detention in Michigan. Despite being named in a federal lawsuit alleging unlawful arrests, a judge ordered the husband's removal to El Salvador.