Human Impact Project

Diana Butnarciuc was arrested by ICE agents during a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services interview for a permanent resident card in Las Vegas. Her husband, Patrick Baja, a Marine veteran, is seeking her release from Henderson Detention Center. Butnarciuc arrived in the U.S. in 2008, has no criminal record, works, and pays taxes, but faces deportation based on a 2018 removal order after her asylum claim was denied.

A 24-year-old Colombian woman, Nicolth Hernandez-Lucero, was detained by federal immigration agents in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday night while driving home. Her husband, Noah Lazega, recorded the detention and shared the encounter with NBC6. According to her attorney, Hernandez-Lucero entered the U.S. legally and has been in the country since age 15 with no criminal record, going through the asylum process with her family. Randy Cordova Flores, a 36-year-old Peruvian national with a pending asylum case, was pulled over by Springdale Borough police for a turn-signal violation and subsequently detained by ICE agents at the police station. Flores has no criminal history, valid work authorization, and has been complying with his asylum process for three years. His sister contends the stop was coordinated with ICE and that due process was not followed.

A 10-year-old U.S. citizen named Dylan recounted fleeing during an ICE operation that began near his school bus stop in Lindenwold, New Jersey on Thursday morning. Children waiting at the bus stop panicked and ran when they saw ICE enforcement vehicles, with Dylan running home in fear. The Lindenwold School District said the presence of multiple enforcement vehicles caused significant fear and confusion among fourth- and fifth-graders.

A judge dismissed the deportation case of Narciso Barranco, an Orange County landscaper and father of three U.S. Marines, who was detained by Border Patrol agents in June 2025. Video showed agents pinning him to the ground and punching him during the detention in Santa Ana. The judge ruled Barranco is eligible for lawful status due to his three sons serving in the military, and his attorney is now working to secure permanent residency and a work permit.

Three U.S. citizens—George Retes from California, Aliya Rahman from Minnesota, and Gina Christ from Minnesota—report being detained by ICE and CBP agents during immigration enforcement operations. The incidents involved physical force, pepper spray, flashbangs, and prolonged detention without proper legal procedures, with charges ultimately not filed against any of them.

Terez Metry, a 28-year-old dental assistant with no criminal record, was detained by ICE in Alabama immediately after receiving I-130 approval during a routine immigration interview at a Department of Homeland Security office in Nashville. Metry, who had fled Egypt as a teenager at age 13 and received a removal order at that time, was separated from her U.S. citizen husband Dominique Flemister during the interview. Metry had been living and working in Nashville since 2018 and the couple believed they were following proper legal procedures for her immigration case.

Despite border czar Tom Homan's announcement that Operation Metro Surge would end on February 12, Minnesota residents and officials report ICE continues operations in Twin Cities suburbs. Agents are using disguised vehicles, smaller groups, plain clothes, and deceptive practices including posing as environmental canvassers. Community observers document ICE presence at hotels, bus stops, apartment complexes, and interactions with those documenting enforcement activities.

Leonel Eduardo Lopez Ramos, who entered the United States in July 2017 and worked in the pipeline industry for five years, was detained by ICE on February 12, 2026. The petitioner is the father of a U.S. citizen residing in Florida and had previously been in removal proceedings that were closed in January 2024. The federal court granted his habeas corpus petition and ordered his immediate release, finding that his detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(1) was improper since he had been continuously present in the U.S. for more than two years.

Seamus Culleton, an Irish citizen, is currently detained at an ICE facility in the United States. A bench warrant was issued in Ireland in 2009 for his arrest related to an incident where he was allegedly found in possession of 25 MDMA tablets and accused of obstructing gardaí by discarding the tablets during a search.

Ramiro and his nephews Antonella and Andrés attended a scheduled immigration court hearing in Texas on February 12, 2026. After leaving the courtroom, they were detained by ICE and held at Karnes County Immigration Processing Center despite having no deportation order, no criminal record, and having entered the U.S. legally with a visa before applying for asylum. They were subsequently released but the family incurred approximately $17,500 in legal fees and bond payments.

ICE agents rammed a parked car containing a Minneapolis resident and her husband. The husband, a Hispanic U.S. citizen, was intensely questioned by ICE agents and asked to provide citizenship paperwork. After the incident, a police report was filed and authorities discovered that one of the ICE vehicles' license plates could not be located in police systems.

Jagdish Singh, an Indian citizen with pending asylum and valid work authorization through May 2029, was arrested by ICE on February 11, 2026, after a traffic stop in Iowa for bypassing a weigh station. On April 20, a federal judge ruled the government violated Singh's Fifth Amendment due process rights by arresting him after years of allowing him to live and work in the U.S., but stopped short of ordering immediate release, instead directing an immigration judge to determine if continued detention is warranted.

An ICE officer fired a weapon during a targeted enforcement operation in Roxbury when the arrest subject, Jesus Fabian Lopez-Banegas, rammed a law enforcement vehicle and attempted to run over an officer. The officer shot out the vehicle's tires to stop the threat. No injuries were reported and the subject was taken into custody. The state attorney general's office is investigating the incident.

Jimmy Paz, a Georgia man with a valid work permit and no criminal record, was detained by ICE agents during a traffic stop in January despite presenting valid identification documents. Paz, who has lived in the U.S. for 21 years and was approved for temporary protected status in 2022, is being held at the ICE Processing Center in Folkston. His family expresses concern about his health, as he had a heart transplant four years ago, and hopes he will be released to continue his asylum process outside of custody.

Seamus Culleton, an Irish national who has lived in the U.S. for nearly 20 years, was detained by ICE in 2025 despite holding a valid work permit and having a pending green card application as the spouse of an American citizen. Culleton entered the U.S. on a tourist visa in 2009 and overstayed; DHS confirmed his arrest on September 9, 2025. He was held at El Paso Camp East Montana in Texas and reported poor detention conditions including inadequate food, lack of outdoor time, and unsanitary facilities. After five months in custody, he was unable to attend a critical green card interview. Culleton has no criminal record and claims to have been pursuing legal permanent residency.

Individuals held at the Whipple Federal Building immigration detention facility reported experiencing poor conditions and lack of basic humanitarian treatment. Detainees described their firsthand experiences of the conditions at the facility. Activists called for the closure of the detention site and demanded ICE's departure from the location.

A Venezuelan family who legally entered the U.S. through the CBP One program and were released on notice to appear in court chose to self-deport to Mexico after ICE arrested the husband and son. The family said ICE agents came to their home in New Mexico claiming a routine status check, detained the husband from his workplace, and took the son from a construction site. The remaining family members decided to relocate to Mexico rather than risk deportation to Venezuela.

Martin Romero was deported to Mexico while dealing with multiple serious health conditions including lupus vasculitis, hypertension, anemia, and kidney failure requiring dialysis every other day. His daughter created a fundraiser to help cover the costs of his medical treatment, medications, specialist visits, and transportation to dialysis appointments in Mexico, as the family struggles with overwhelming medical expenses.

Adelso Bravo, a 39-year-old house painter from Guatemala, was arrested by ICE agents on February 10 near his Syracuse home. After 18 days in the Batavia immigration detention center, he had a court hearing. With support from his wife, community members, and lawyers, plus $18,000 raised by friends and supporters, he was released on bond after 21 days in detention. Bravo had been living in Syracuse for over 20 years and had started his own painting business with a work permit.

High school students in Clovis, California walked out of class on February 10, 2026 in response to Trump administration immigration enforcement. The action followed the death of an ICU nurse during an immigration raid. The Clovis Police Department announced it was investigating up to six adults, including Fresno Resistance co-founder Alfred Aldrete, for potentially violating state law by inducing student truancy, though no arrests or charges have been filed. The LAPD also issued similar warnings to adults in Los Angeles who helped organize school walkouts, but only Clovis publicly named its investigation.

On February 9-10, 2026, ICE agents conducted an enforcement operation in Lower Providence Township/Trooper area of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, to apprehend Jose Manuel Cordova Lopez, a Mexican citizen who overstayed his H-2A visa. The operation involved over 20 unmarked vehicles and masked federal agents who pursued Cordova Lopez to a residential home, broke down doors, and detained him while two minors and other family members were present. Elected officials commented on reports that an ICE agent assaulted a family member, broken doors caused distress to children and families, and the operation disrupted the neighborhood and prevented school bus pickup.

Federal Border Patrol and Homeland Security agents took Jose Cordova-Lopez into custody after a hours-long operation at a home in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Cordova-Lopez, a Mexican national with no legal status, was wanted in connection with immigration proceedings and allegedly resisting an ICE officer's attempted traffic stop. Family members reported that agents broke down the door and used force, with claims that one family member was hit in the face. Children were present during the operation.

Google provided ICE with personal and financial information about Amandla Thomas-Johnson, a British doctoral student and journalist at Cornell University, in response to an administrative subpoena that had not been approved by a judge. Thomas-Johnson's data, including addresses, phone numbers, credit card and bank account numbers, was turned over approximately 90 minutes after his student visa was revoked. Thomas-Johnson subsequently left the United States for Canada and later Switzerland.

Teenage brothers Ben and Sam Luhmann, legal observers from Chicago, documented federal immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota and Illinois for months. They witnessed ICE raids including one in Shakopee where agents arrested someone in front of his children, and say their observations contradicted DHS public statements. The brothers compared the scale and tactics of operations between the two states, noting Minnesota had significantly more agents deployed.

Owen Ramsingh, a Columbia resident and lawful permanent resident, was detained by border patrol at Chicago's O'Hare Airport in September 2025 after returning from visiting his father in the Netherlands. ICE cited a cocaine possession charge from his teenage years as grounds for deportation. After spending approximately four and a half months in detention facilities across Chicago, Texas, and New Mexico, Ramsingh was deported to the Netherlands on February 8, 2026, and banned from the United States for 8-10 years. His wife and daughter remained in the United States.

Sergei Izbitski, who has lived in the United States for 34 years, was detained by ICE on June 9 at the Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico. Unable to be deported because he is not a citizen of any country willing to accept him, Izbitski is among over 100 individuals held indefinitely in New Mexico detention facilities. His case involves legal challenges to the Trump administration's interpretation of immigration law that subjects long-term non-citizen residents to mandatory detention without bond hearings.

Qing Wang, a Chinese citizen who entered the US without inspection in February 2024, was detained by ICE at a truck weight station in February 2026. Wang had established a life in the US with a wife and child and worked as a truck driver with no criminal history. The court ruled he was entitled to a bond hearing under 8 U.S.C. § 1226 and ordered the government to provide one within seven days.

Owen Ramsingh, a long-time Columbia resident and green card holder, was detained by ICE in September 2025 after returning to the U.S. through Chicago's O'Hare Airport. He was held for four and a half months across multiple detention facilities, including Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. Ramsingh was deported to the Netherlands in February 2026 due to a drug possession charge from his teenage years, and is now separated from his wife and daughter who are applying for visas to join him.

Following an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis that resulted in multiple detentions and two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents in January, families remain in hiding. An 11-year-old girl's mother from Ecuador was detained and transferred to a Texas facility before being returned to Minneapolis. Schools report 100 students learning remotely. Community activists and legal observers are organizing to monitor and document federal enforcement actions, with over 400 people attending training sessions.

Children detained at the Dilley family detention center in South Texas have been held in poor conditions including inadequate medical care, contaminated food, overcrowded spaces, and limited legal access. The facility, which reopened for family detentions under the Trump administration, has held over 3,500 detainees since reopening, with more than 1,700 children. Approximately 300 children have been detained beyond the legal 20-day limit. Individual cases documented by immigration attorneys include 5-year-old twins held for 8 months and a young girl who attempted suicide after immigration judges denied bond requests. Advocacy groups, journalists, and ProPublica have documented conditions through interviews, letters, and detention drawings created by children at the facility.

Owen Ramsingh, a Netherlands native who held a U.S. green card for over 40 years, was deported after being detained by ICE since September 2025 based on decades-old drug convictions from 1997 and 2011. He was released on February 7, 2026, and received a lifetime ban from the United States, preventing him from visiting his daughter's gravesite. His wife and daughter relocated to the Netherlands to join him as he begins starting over in his birth country.

A U.S. citizen and Latina woman named Maria was stopped by ICE agents on a Salem street, during which officers broke her car window and pulled her from the vehicle. After discovering her passport, agents left. Maria sustained a concussion, torn rotator cuff, and bruised ribs from the incident.

An 18-month-old girl named Amalia was hospitalized with respiratory failure, pneumonia, COVID-19, and RSV after being detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center with her parents. After 10 days of hospital treatment, she was returned to detention on January 28 and denied access to prescribed medication, despite medical warnings that she remained vulnerable. A federal lawsuit and emergency habeas corpus petition led to her release on February 7.

A group of more than 30 Hispanic Texans filed a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of Texas challenging ICE practices that detain U.S. citizens and require proof of citizenship for release. The lawsuit alleges that immigration authorities violate constitutional protections against unreasonable arrests and due process rights. The complaint references a January 9 ICE raid in Donna, Texas, where agents allegedly detained U.S. citizens at gunpoint without a judicial warrant.

ICE agents detained a father outside Mayra's Spanish Preschool and Daycare in Boise on Friday, February 6, 2026, after he dropped off his child. Multiple ICE agents using unmarked vehicles and wearing masks conducted the detention without providing a warrant and prevented the man from leaving. According to court records, the man had a misdemeanor theft charge from 2024 but no active cases or warrants at the time of his detention.

Three men from Greenport—Alexandro Rivera Magaña, Martir Zambrano Diaz, and Hugo Leonel Ardon Osorio—were detained by ICE agents on February 3-4, 2026. All three had lived in the community for approximately 20 years with no criminal backgrounds. Rivera Magaña and Zambrano Diaz worked at Pindar Vineyards, while Ardon Osorio was employed by Marcello Masonry. Two of the men were primary breadwinners with dependent children. ICE stated the operation targeted a convicted felon but did not identify which individual. A habeas corpus petition filed for Zambrano Diaz challenged ICE's account of his immigration history and criminal record. Community members and advocacy groups organized fundraising and a protest to support the affected families.

A 7-year-old girl and her parents from Venezuela were detained by immigration agents outside a Portland hospital emergency department on January 16 while seeking emergency medical care for the child's prolonged nosebleed. U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter secured their release after the family's arrest.

According to an immigration coalition post, ICE denied asthma inhalers to a 12-year-old child for 9 days while claiming it was pending medical review. The child experienced an asthma attack during lights-out and was found unresponsive on the floor by guards at 6 AM.

An 18-month-old girl named Amalia was hospitalized with respiratory failure and multiple infections including pneumonia, COVID-19, and RSV while detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas. After 10 days of intensive care treatment, she was returned to detention where medical staff allegedly denied her prescribed medications and breathing treatments, forcing her parents to wait in daily lines to request care. The child remained in custody for nine additional days until her attorneys filed an emergency habeas corpus petition in federal court, resulting in the family's release.

Javier Ubreu, a legal immigrant and kidney transplant recipient, was arrested by federal agents in Rochester, Minnesota and taken to the Whipple Building. When DFL State Rep. Kim Hicks attempted to deliver his transplant medication, federal authorities denied it. Ubreu was reportedly transferred to a facility in Texas without his required medications. Four days after his arrest, his wife reported he still had not received the immunosuppressant drugs necessary to prevent his body from rejecting the transplanted kidney.

Detainees at Otay Mesa Detention Center threw notes in bottles over facility fences to communicate allegations of poor conditions, including inadequate food, constant sickness, and indefinite detention without court hearings. Organizers collected the bottles containing written messages along with items like lotion bottles, deodorant bottles, and batteries. Rep. Juan Vargas attempted to inspect the facility to investigate the allegations but was denied entry by officials who cited ICE authority. Detainees' written messages referenced conditions including alleged use of small cages for discipline and inadequate medical care at the detention center.

A Hispanic man who is a recent kidney transplant recipient and legal U.S. resident was detained by ICE agents in Rochester on February 5, 2026, after his car was rammed near Civic Center Drive and Broadway. He was taken to the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis and reportedly transferred to a facility in Texas. His attorney was denied access to him, and there were initial delays in providing his anti-rejection medication, raising concerns about his medical safety during detention.

A former worker at the Baltimore ICE detention facility provided internal documents and testimony describing severe overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and mistreatment of detainees. The whistleblower described detainees packed tightly together, inadequate sanitary supplies for women, blankets covered in filth, and staff making dehumanizing comments. The worker claims they were terminated after reporting these conditions to supervisors.

A federal judge in Louisiana ordered the immediate release of four men who were unlawfully re-detained by ICE after living in their communities for months or years while checking in regularly with the agency. The judge found that ICE failed to provide justification for the re-detention, failed to demonstrate deportation was likely, and violated due process rights. All four men were released and had been held at an immigration detention center at Angola prison.

Children detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas are experiencing poor conditions including contaminated food, minimal education, inadequate medical care, and psychological distress. The facility has detained approximately 1,800 children since April 2026, with some families remaining for over six months. Cases document children suffering from illness, malnutrition, behavioral regression, and trauma while separated from normal living conditions.

A dog was left alone and frightened after his adopter was encountered by federal immigration officers and hospitalized, then prevented from contacting anyone. A hospital social worker alerted the Humane Society of Huron Valley, which rescued the dog. The adopter's current immigration status and whereabouts remain unknown.

ICE agents entered a San Antonio home on Thursday while searching for a 34-year-old man with an arrest warrant for illegal reentry. Homeowner Maggie Guillen recorded videos showing armed agents entering without presenting a judicial warrant, with women and children present. U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro called for an investigation into the incident.

ICE chartered a private Gulfstream IV jet owned by Florida property developer Gil Dezer, a Trump associate and donor, to deport Palestinian men from the United States to the West Bank. At least two deportation flights occurred on January 20-21 and February 1-2, 2026, transporting eight or more detainees from an Arizona detention facility through multiple countries (New Jersey, Ireland, Bulgaria) before reaching Tel Aviv and the West Bank. Among those deported was 24-year-old Maher Awad, a long-term green card holder who had lived in the U.S. for nearly a decade and had a newborn son in Michigan. The men were shackled throughout the multi-country journey and reported being abandoned at checkpoints with minimal resources. A joint investigation by +972 Magazine and The Guardian documented the flights, with former U.S. officials and immigration lawyers characterizing them as indicative of a shift in Trump administration deportation policy toward more aggressive mass deportation tactics.

In March 2025, ICE agent fatally shot 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez on South Padre Island, Texas. Bodycam footage shows the vehicle with brake lights engaged when three shots were fired through the window. Martinez was removed from the car and restrained before receiving medical care, but died at a Brownsville hospital. The agency's involvement was not publicly revealed until nearly eleven months later. A grand jury declined to indict the agent, and ICE stated the shooting was justified. Martinez's family is pursuing a tort claim for wrongful death.

Organizations across Florida, including immigrant rights groups and the ACLU, released a travel advisory urging tourists and visitors to reconsider attending the World Cup in Miami due to deportation risks. The advisory mentioned concerns about immigrants being caught in enforcement operations during the event.