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ICE agents approached and questioned a woman in a Walmart parking lot, asking if she was born in the United States, in an incident captured on video that circulated online. A Native American legal rights group alleged that the individual involved, identified as Jose Roberto Ramirez, was being retaliated against by ICE.
Lorenzo Agustin Ramos, who entered the United States around 2010, was detained by ICE on January 27, 2026, without any warning, paperwork, or legitimate reason according to his petition. He filed a habeas corpus petition challenging his immigration detention. The federal court granted his petition and ordered his immediate release, also restraining authorities from re-detaining him without proper notice and a pre-detention hearing.
Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations raided multiple Zipps Sports Grill locations across Phoenix on January 27, 2026. As agents departed the 32nd Street and Shea Boulevard location, an agent pepper-sprayed approximately 50 protesters who were standing on the sidewalk and not impeding the vehicles. The protesters, including at least one person who fell to the ground in pain, had not been blocking the agents' departure.
The Department of Homeland Security filed court documents claiming that critical surveillance footage from ICE's Broadview detention center was never recorded, rather than lost as previously stated. The footage from October 20-31, 2025 was sought as evidence in a class action lawsuit by detainees alleging subhuman conditions including insufficient food and water, extreme temperatures, poor sanitation, and abusive officers. DHS also argues the footage would be irrelevant because conditions have since improved.
Fong Khang, a Cambodian immigrant, was pardoned by the Minnesota Board of Pardons on January 20 for convictions from nearly 20 years ago. Less than 24 hours later, ICE detained him, threatening his ability to remain in the United States. The article also describes the case of Sithy Yi, a Cambodian genocide survivor and refugee, who was detained by ICE after 10 years of compliance with immigration instructions.
Diana Elizabeth Cartagena Hueso, a 29-year-old Salvadoran citizen with a passed credible fear interview and pending asylum application since 2017, was detained in Elizabeth, New Jersey on January 27, 2026 while traveling to a doctor's appointment. Her attorney filed a habeas petition within 24 hours, and a federal judge ordered a bond hearing and explicitly barred ICE from transferring her out of state. However, ICE transferred her to Oklahoma the day before the order and again to Texas the following day, continuing transfers for a total of five moves. A federal judge later found the transfers intentional and criticized the government's conduct. She was released after about a month of detention.
A Chula Vista family of four was reunited after both parents, Reinaldo Chirino from Venezuela and Kris Estefany Pineda-Torregosa from Colombia, were released from ICE custody following more than two weeks of detention in late January. The parents were detained after dropping their children at school, leaving their two young sons in the care of a family friend. One parent was released after a judge granted bond, and the couple is now fighting their removal case while being monitored with ankle bracelets.
Jose Cruz Santos was unlawfully detained by ICE despite having no prior encounters with immigration authorities. A federal court ordered his release under the same conditions that existed prior to detention (no conditions), but ICE released him with monitoring and reporting requirements. The court voided the ICE order and prohibited any conditions on his release, criticizing the agency for knowingly disregarding the judicial order.
Mireya Lopez-Sanchez and her two-month-old son Juan Nicolas were held at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. The infant developed bronchitis while in ICE custody, and medical treatment was reportedly denied. A judge ordered their deportation to Mexico, and the family lost contact with relatives after being discharged from the hospital.
U.S. Army Captain Josie Guilbeau, a 17-year veteran and decorated Intelligence Officer, was arrested for peacefully protesting ICE outside Greg Bovino's hotel. The arrest occurred while she was protesting alongside community members using non-violent methods such as banging pots, blowing whistles, and honking horns.
A 25-year-old US resident was detained by ICE agents during a traffic stop on the west side of San Antonio, just a block from his home. The agents initially claimed he was in the country illegally, but after running his fingerprints in custody, they determined he was a legal resident and released him. He suffered injuries including a head injury and pepper spray burns, and his three cousins were deported to Mexico the following day.
EWS | Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided a Foggy Bottom restaurant in a GW-owned building Wednesday afternoon, detaining and questioning several people, the University confirmed Friday. Officials said in a Federal Updates email Friday that agents detained “a number of individuals” from Circa, located across the street from the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro stop, but did not specify how many and said they have no information suggesting any are affiliated with GW. Friday’s announcement followed a Thursday post by the Immigrant Liberation Coalition at GW, which alleged that ICE pulled between six and 15 people from the restaurant during the raid, detaining some and checking immigration papers of others. York Van Nixon IV, Circa at Foggy Bottom’s senior general manager, declined to comment on the raid or answer questions about the incident and the number of employees ICE detained. A spokesperson from Circa Bistros, which operates Circa at Foggy Bottom, did not immediately return a request for comment on the raid. A University spokesperson declined to comment on when the University learned of the raid, why officials did not issue a GW Alert and whether ICE contacted GW — which owns the building Circa operates in — ahead of the raid.
A group of detainees at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center filed a federal lawsuit alleging cruel and inhumane conditions, including denial of medical care, adequate nutrition, outdoor access, and excessive solitary confinement. Four named plaintiffs remain detained at the facility, and the lawsuit was filed by Public Counsel, CHIRLA, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
A congresswoman faced criminal charges for visiting ICE detainees at a detention facility. The incident involved Congress members demanding the release of detainees, including Newark mayor Ras Baraka. The article examines the criminalization of congressional oversight of immigration detention practices.
ICE agents detained Mayra Vaca Latacunga, 25, a single mother from Ecuador, after stopping her car while she was getting groceries in Biddeford, Maine on Friday, January 24, 2026. The detention left her five-year-old daughter Keyli Camila Espin Vaca without a caretaker. Vaca Latacunga, who entered the U.S. two years ago fleeing domestic violence and works in Maine's seafood industry, has no criminal record. She was transferred to Massachusetts and held for several days before being released on Tuesday with an ankle monitor and reunited with her daughter.
Heidy Sánchez was separated from her one-year-old daughter during an immigration appointment when ICE agents took the child away while she was breastfeeding. Sánchez was subsequently deported to Cuba and remains separated from her daughter and American husband eight months later.
A Democratic state representative is demanding a public hearing regarding the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez by a federal ICE agent in South Padre Island, Texas. Authorities claim Martinez intentionally ran over an agent before being shot. There was an 11-month delay in revealing federal involvement. Rep. Ray Lopez invoked a House rule to demand transparency about the incident.
The Howard County Police Department confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers removed a person from a vehicle near Route 175 and Tamar Drive in Columbia on Saturday morning. Police responded after receiving a 911 call and spoke with witnesses, but stated they had no additional information about the driver or the reason for the detention.
Federal immigration agents conducted a raid at a Home Depot in Downey, California on a Saturday, with video showing agents leaving as people ran through the area. Local authorities did not specify whether anyone was detained or why the store was targeted.
Mirian, a legally present resident of the United States who recently graduated from college, was followed by ICE from Westbrook to Scarborough, Maine. She was ordered to pull over during a traffic stop and was subsequently detained by ICE. Her family is seeking community support for her release.
ICE agents detained a father driving his two-year-old son to daycare in Shoreline, Washington. The child was left alone in the vehicle surrounded by armed agents for approximately 30 minutes while waiting for a family member to pick him up. Community volunteers arrived at the scene and documented the incident while supporting the child until a family friend arrived to take him to the father's workplace.
A protester was arrested outside an Orlando ICE facility during a rally against mass deportation after placing their hand on a vehicle at the facility's entrance. Witnesses reported law enforcement tackled and arrested the protester. The demonstration was related to concerns over ICE's authority to enter homes without judicial warrants.
Francoise Makuiza, a 32-year-old asylum seeker, was arrested by ICE on Friday morning while leaving for work at an assisted living facility in Portland. According to her attorney, Makuiza has no criminal history in Maine, has lived there for over 12 years, is the mother of a U.S. citizen, and was previously granted refugee status by Colombia after fleeing genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her detention is part of an ICE enforcement surge that has resulted in more than 200 arrests in Maine, including asylum seekers complying with immigration officials and immigrants married to U.S. citizens.
Texas Monthly taco editor José R. Ralat was pulled over three times while on assignment in West Texas, including once by ICE agents near Presidio. Ralat noted that he and his driver are both Hispanic and that all the officers who stopped them were also Hispanic.
A former ICE detention officer named David Courvelle pleaded guilty in federal court to sexually abusing a woman while she was in federal custody at an ICE facility in Louisiana over several months. Courvelle faces up to 15 years in prison and fines up to $250,000.
Anthony Paredes, an 18-year-old deaf high school senior at Ramon Cortines School for Visual and Performing Arts, was detained by Department of Homeland Security immigration officers on January 24, 2026, during a protest outside a federal building in downtown Los Angeles. Officers chased and tackled Paredes after he did not respond to verbal commands; bystanders informed officers he was deaf, but he was taken into custody without a sign language interpreter provided. Paredes was held for several hours before being released and ordered to appear in court on April 1st. He alleged the officers used excessive force and took advantage of his disability.
Ricky Chandee, an engineering technician for Minneapolis, was detained by ICE agents at his home in Brooklyn Park on January 24 during a surge of federal enforcement in Minnesota. Chandee, a Laotian refugee who was convicted of a drive-by shooting decades ago and never naturalized as a U.S. citizen, was transported to El Paso, Texas, where he faces possible deportation to Laos. The article describes how Laotian refugees who arrived after the Vietnam War are being deported at unprecedented rates under the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda, despite having built lives in Minnesota for decades.
A protest broke out at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley when detainees, many of them children, chanted "Libertad" after guards ordered attorneys to leave. The demonstration was triggered by concerns over the treatment of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was taken into custody with his father in Minnesota and transferred to the facility. An immigration attorney present described the facility as operating with harsh conditions, including contaminated drinking water and meals containing debris.
On January 24, 2026, detainees at the South Texas Family Residential Centre in Dilley, Texas staged a coordinated protest, with women and children in color-coded jackets chanting "Let us go" and "Libertad." The facility, operated by ICE, holds approximately 1,200 people, roughly one-third of them children. The protest was reportedly triggered by the arrival of a five-year-old who was allegedly used as bait during a federal arrest in Minnesota.
A protest occurred Saturday at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley when detainees, including many children, demonstrated in solidarity with 5-year-old Liam Ramos who was taken into custody in Minnesota. Attorneys were ordered to leave the facility as approximately 80 percent of detainees poured into open areas chanting "Libertad" (Freedom). Detainees expressed concerns over the child's treatment and the circumstances of his apprehension from a car in his family's driveway.
ICE agents have been leaving cards on the vehicles of undocumented immigrants as an intimidation tactic, often containing messages implying threats of imminent deportation. These cards create severe anxiety and distress within immigrant communities, potentially violating legal protections. The article discusses the psychological impact, legal implications, and recommendations for those receiving such cards.
Two brothers, ages 17 and 16, from West Chicago traveled to Minneapolis to document U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. The brothers have been recording Border Patrol activities, including the use of tear gas and pepper spray, and uploading footage to a public Google Drive folder. They witnessed the aftermath of Alex Pretti's death on January 24, when Border Patrol agents shot and killed the VA nurse while he was recording them. The brothers also witnessed the death of Renee Macklin Good at the hands of federal agents. They describe the enforcement actions in Minneapolis compared to what they had previously witnessed in Chicago.
On January 24, 2026, ICE agents fired paintball-like projectiles at vehicles driven by citizen observers monitoring immigration enforcement activity in a Home Depot parking lot in South Portland, Maine. At least two to three vehicles were struck with sticky orange paint on windshields, bumpers, and car doors. The observers were filming the agents as they conducted enforcement operations. ICE agents warned the observers that they were impeding federal law enforcement and could face arrest. The incident occurred during a broader surge in ICE enforcement operations in Maine that began the week of January 20, 2026.
Hassan Hamka, a lawful permanent resident, has been held in ICE detention for over six months while his legal case proceeds. His daughter created a petition seeking community support and character testimonials to present to the judge at his trial.
Federal immigration enforcement agencies conducted multiple operations in Minnesota in January 2026 that resulted in the detention of at least four minors. ICE detained a 2-year-old girl and her father in Minneapolis on January 23, subsequently transferring them to Texas despite a court order for the child's release, and also detained a 5-year-old student from Columbia Heights School District and transferred him to a federal facility in Texas. CBP officers separately detained two teenagers in south Minneapolis in what witnesses described as a vehicle incident that resulted in the deployment of tear gas and pepper spray, with at least two bystanders arrested.
Cong Yin, a Chinese citizen who entered the U.S. without inspection in July 2023, was re-detained by ICE on January 23, 2026, when he appeared for a routine check-in. He had been living freely in Los Angeles under an Order of Release on Recognizance since 2023 and filed an asylum application based on fear of political persecution in China. The court ordered his immediate release, finding his re-detention without a pre-deprivation hearing violated his due process rights.
ICE agents detained Marcos Da Silva, a 32-year-old Brazilian contractor, during a traffic stop in Maine on Tuesday. Da Silva has a pending green card petition filed by his U.S. citizen wife Alex in 2024 and entered the country as an asylum seeker. He is currently being held at Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania with a court date scheduled for early February.
A 2-year-old girl and her father, both Ecuadorian nationals, were arrested by ICE in south Minneapolis and flown to Texas within hours, despite a federal judge's order to release the child. The judge issued an order at 8:11 p.m. Thursday to release the child by 9:30 p.m., but ICE placed them on a commercial flight to Texas at 8:30 p.m. The child was later returned to Minnesota and reunited with her mother on Friday.
Carlos Garcia Odón, a former mayor of Mérida, Venezuela who was removed from office in 2017 for opposing the Maduro government, was arrested by ICE on January 23 while living in Cincinnati since 2022. Odón has filed for asylum and his next immigration court date is scheduled for February 10.
A video from January 21, 2026 shows residents near Harbor and Orangethorpe in Fullerton confronting ICE agents and Fullerton Police during an immigration enforcement operation. The article also reports that ICE killed nurse Alex Pretti in Minnesota on January 23, 2026, with the family stating he was protecting a woman when attacked by ICE agents.
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón, a Mexican immigrant, was arrested by ICE agents outside a St. Paul shopping center on January 8, 2026, and suffered life-threatening head injuries. He was hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center with skull fractures in eight places. Castañeda alleges ICE agents pulled him from a car and beat him with a steel baton, and that he was further assaulted while in custody at the Whipple Federal Building. ICE officers provided a conflicting account to medical staff, claiming he ran headfirst into a brick wall. Castañeda filed a habeas corpus petition alleging federal agents interfered with his medical care and detained him based on his appearance.
ICE enforcement operations in Minnesota during January 2026 resulted in the detention of multiple minors, including a five-year-old boy taken from his home and at least four students from Columbia Heights Public Schools. The operations also included stops of individuals without confirmed identity verification and stops of off-duty police officers. St. Paul and Brooklyn Park police chiefs acknowledged the need for immigration enforcement while expressing concerns about racial profiling and potential civil rights violations. Community members reported being stopped without apparent cause and questioned about legal status, prompting local law enforcement leaders to call for federal accountability. Educators, families, and community advocates have expressed concern about effects on children.
William Vermie, an Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient, was detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis on January 13, 2026, while standing on a public sidewalk observing an immigration enforcement operation involving two young men. He was held for eight hours at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building without being allowed to contact an attorney or his family, despite requesting legal representation. The Department of Homeland Security stated that Vermie was arrested for allegedly assaulting a law enforcement officer. Multiple attorneys have reported similar complaints from others arrested in recent ICE operations in Minneapolis.
Johny Merida Aguilara, an undocumented immigrant detained by ICE in September 2024, decided to accept deportation to Bolivia after nearly five months in immigration custody. His wife and three U.S. citizen children will depart with him. Their 5-year-old son has brain cancer and requires specialized treatment.
ICE agents confronted Ecuadorian immigrant Cristian Vaca at his home in Maine, with an agent threatening on camera to 'come back for your whole family.' Vaca arrived from Ecuador in September 2023 and reported having a work permit and a scheduled immigration hearing. The incident occurred during ICE's 'Operation Catch of the Day' enforcement operation in Maine.
Joabe Barbosa, a 25-year-old Brazilian doctoral student at Roosevelt University on an F-1 visa, faces forced departure to Brazil after going unmatched for a required internship in his final year of clinical psychology studies. Without an internship placement, Barbosa must leave the U.S. within 60 days after the school year ends and may not be able to return to complete his degree, which he is on track to finish in 2027.
Federal prosecutors filed charges against two American citizens, including an 18-year-old, stemming from an ICE raid at a Hardin Valley construction site. The workers are accused of preventing federal agents from enforcing immigration law, with allegations that one used his truck to strike an ICE vehicle. Witnesses dispute the account, stating an ICE agent struck the teen's truck first before agents aimed guns and forcibly removed him from the vehicle.
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