Human Impact Project

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Conejo Arias were detained by ICE on January 20, 2026, after being apprehended at their home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. According to the family's attorney, they entered the U.S. legally via port of entry in 2024 using the CBP One app and were pursuing asylum claims. ICE disputed this account, claiming the father fled from officers. The family was transferred to the South Texas Family Residential Center (Dilley detention facility) in Texas. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ordered their release on January 31, 2026, ruling the detention violated constitutional protections and was part of an ill-conceived government pursuit of deportation quotas. The family was released in early February 2026, with assistance from U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro. Following release, Liam exhibited signs of psychological trauma including hypervigilance and anxiety. On March 19, 2026, an immigration judge denied the family's asylum claim and ordered deportation to Ecuador, with their lawyers appealing the ruling.

Two individuals were detained by ICE and subsequently released on bond following legal proceedings. Estefany María Rodríguez Flores, a Colombian journalist for Nashville Noticias, was detained during a traffic stop on March 4, 2026, and released on March 19 after an immigration judge granted bond. Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian woman, was detained in March 2025 after meeting with immigration authorities and held for over a year at Prairieland Detention Facility in Texas before being released on March 16, 2026, following a judge's bond order that the Department of Homeland Security declined to appeal. Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman and visible campus advocate, was detained in March 2025 for staying in the U.S. on an expired F-1 student visa. While in detention, she experienced her first-ever seizure and was handcuffed to a hospital bed for 72 hours. An immigration judge ordered her release on bond twice before the government kept her detained through automatic stays. A Texas judge ordered her release a third time on March 16, 2026, setting bond at $100,000.

JeanCarlos Fiallos Manzanares, a 32-year-old DACA recipient from Miami, was arrested by ICE last summer and transferred to a detention facility in New Mexico, approximately 2,000 miles from his family. Despite receiving DACA approval while detained, he has remained in ICE custody for ten months and filed a lawsuit against ICE challenging his detention. A federal judge found merit to his petition, but there have been no public filings since January when a magistrate judge ordered the government not to transfer him out of New Mexico pending the lawsuit outcome.

Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen from Minneapolis with autism and traumatic brain injury, was arrested by Capitol Police while attending the State of the Union as a guest of Rep. Ilhan Omar. The federal government announced it will not file charges against her. Rahman claims she was arrested for standing silently in the gallery; Capitol Police say she refused to obey lawful orders.

Cristian Humberto Jerez Andrade, a 31-year-old Honduran national, was detained during an ICE raid on March 11, 2026, at a South Burlington residence. ICE agents had a search warrant for the property but Jerez Andrade's name was not on it; they were searching for another individual who was not present. He was held at Northwest State Correctional Facility for approximately one week before an immigration judge granted him release on a $10,000 bond on March 19-20, 2026. Jerez Andrade has not been charged with a crime, though deportation proceedings have been initiated against him.

Chih-Ming 'Petey' Feng, a line cook in Dallas's restaurant industry, was deported to Taiwan on March 19, 2026, after spending more than 130 days in ICE custody. Feng was detained on November 6, 2025, when he attended a follow-up ICE appointment; he had overstayed his visa since 2010 and had been arrested for a misdemeanor DUI in 2023. During his detention at the South Texas Processing Center and La Salle County Detention Center, he missed a scheduled hearing and was denied voluntary departure. He was deported to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where his parents live.

Approximately 400-500 people protested in Salt Lake City against a Department of Homeland Security warehouse purchase intended for conversion into an ICE detention facility. During the protest on March 19, 2026, a smaller group vandalized the building by spray-painting and throwing rocks at windows, causing approximately $3,000 in damage. Three people were arrested: Chase Taylor Fredrickson, age 18, and two minors. They faced charges including rioting, property damage, and unlawful assembly, with some charges at the third-degree felony level. The majority of protesters remained peaceful.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and ICE regarding conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, which holds approximately 1,800 people. The brief documented inadequate medical care, unsafe conditions, insufficient staffing, contaminated water, spoiled food, lack of clean clothing, and reports of pepper spray use on detainees. Three men died at the facility between September 2025 and February 2026. Detainees also reported limited access to phones for legal calls and failure to accommodate people with disabilities. ICE denied the allegations, stating detainees receive proper meals, water, and medical treatment.

Shani Edijou, an Iranian native who entered the U.S. as a child in 1993 and was granted withholding of removal in 1999, was detained by ICE at Los Angeles International Airport on March 18, 2026 while attempting to fly to Chicago for his father-in-law's funeral. Edijou had been on supervised release for over 12 years and is married to a U.S. citizen with two U.S. citizen children. The court granted his temporary restraining order and ordered his immediate release, finding that ICE failed to follow proper procedures for revoking his supervised release.

This guide explains how families can locate loved ones detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Florida. It describes the ICE detention process, including how detainees are transferred through processing centers and facilities, which can make locating them difficult. The article provides instructions on using the ICE Online Detainee Locator System to search by A-Number or biographical information, and explains reasons why detainees may not immediately appear in the system.

Rafael Rubio, a New York City Council data analyst, was ordered deported to Venezuela by a federal immigration judge after being detained by ICE for more than two months. The judge deemed Rubio's asylum application abandoned due to a missing signature on paperwork. Rubio had overstayed a 2017 tourist visa. According to DHS, he has a prior arrest for assault.

The Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California's Mojave Desert has faced documented concerns about detention conditions and practices. An investigation in February 2026 revealed detainees experiencing inadequate medical care, insufficient food and water, and prolonged detention through handwritten letters and interviews, with some held for nearly three years despite having permanent residency status or no criminal convictions. In March 2026, approximately 300 activists from Greater Los Angeles protested at the facility, which held an estimated 2,000 people in custody at that time.

Recent court rulings reveal that ICE is detaining asylum seekers in Washington based on alleged missed check-ins through the SmartLink app, often without providing evidence to support these claims. Multiple federal judges found at least 16 people with pending asylum cases were held at the Tacoma detention center without proper due process, with cases involving missed check-ins due to app malfunctions, hospitalizations, or scheduling conflicts being used as justification for detention.

Multiple Ohio organizations filed a lawsuit on March 18, 2026, against the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection, alleging federal agents illegally arrested people without proper arrest warrants or probable cause since April 22, 2025. The lawsuit represents all people in Ohio subject to such arrests and includes a specific case from December 2025 in which plainclothes agents in an unmarked vehicle arrested a man outside a home improvement store without displaying a warrant. The man had an active asylum case, a valid work permit, and a social security number.

Juan Antonio Maldinera Guzman was re-detained on March 17, 2026, after previously being released on bond or conditional parole under immigration law. He filed a habeas corpus petition challenging his ongoing immigration detention, arguing that the government violated due process by re-detaining him without providing a pre-deprivation bond hearing. The court granted his petition and ordered his immediate release with the same conditions he had prior to detention.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted 39 live pythons hidden inside a tractor at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo on March 5, 2026. The driver had provided a negative declaration for prohibited goods before officers discovered the snakes concealed in the vehicle. CBP issued $34,824 in penalties for export violations, seized the tractor and trailer, and the case remains under investigation by the Fish and Wildlife Service and Homeland Security Investigations.

Royer Perez-Jimenez, a 19-year-old Mexican national, died on March 16, 2026, at Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, Florida, while in ICE custody. He was found unresponsive in his dormitory at approximately 2:34 a.m., and despite CPR efforts by detention staff and emergency responders, was pronounced deceased at 2:51 a.m. ICE characterized his death as a presumed suicide, though the official cause remained under investigation by medical examiners. Perez-Jimenez had been arrested in January on charges of resisting arrest and giving a false identity, transferred to ICE custody on February 21, and had previously been in the Office of Refugee Resettlement child custody system before aging out. His family questioned the suicide determination and called for a thorough investigation. His death was reported as one of multiple deaths in ICE custody during 2026.

A witness recorded ICE agents beating a man inside a Home Depot store in Paramount, California. The man appeared unable to stand on his own as agents dragged him from the store. An agent stated they had a warrant for the man's arrest.

Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian woman from Paterson, New Jersey, was detained by ICE in March 2025 after attending a voluntary immigration check-in at the Newark ICE office. She had participated in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University in 2024 and was charged with overstaying her student visa, despite having a pending green card application through her U.S. citizen mother. Kordia was held at Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas for over one year, where she experienced a seizure, was chained to a hospital bed, and reported conditions of overcrowding and inadequate food. On March 16, 2026, an immigration judge ordered her release on a $100,000 bond, citing minimal flight risk and serious medical concerns. The government did not appeal the decision.

Vilma Bautista Torres and her 9-year-old son Kenek, who has Level 3 autism, were detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for more than 80 days despite a federal settlement limiting child detention to 20 days. During detention, Kenek lost access to specialized therapy and schooling, experienced frequent meltdowns, self-harm episodes, and became increasingly disoriented and afraid. After a pro bono law clinic filed a parole request documenting his autism diagnosis and self-harm, ICE released the family with an ankle monitor.

Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal, a 41-year-old Afghan man who served alongside U.S. special forces and fled Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, died on March 16, 2026, at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas less than 24 hours after being detained by ICE on March 13. He was transported to the hospital on the evening of March 15 after reporting shortness of breath and chest pains during ICE intake processing. His condition deteriorated overnight, and he died the following morning. An initial medical examiner report listed no cause or manner of death. His brother reported that ICE did not allow emergency staff to check on him when he called 911.

Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University peace scholar, returned to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals one year after being arrested and detained by ICE in March 2025. He was arrested without a warrant, held in multiple detention facilities for nearly six weeks, and was subjected to detention conditions including denial of religious accommodations. The Trump administration is attempting to re-detain him, arguing federal courts lack jurisdiction to review his case, while the ACLU argues the Virginia court has proper habeas jurisdiction and he must remain free.

The Department of Homeland Security plans to convert a warehouse in Oakwood, Georgia into an ICE regional processing facility to detain over 1,000 immigrants before deportation. Local businesses, residents, and officials are opposing the facility due to concerns about infrastructure, water and sewer capacity, and the impact on the community's Latino population and local economy.

ICE agents arrested an undocumented father while he was taking his 15-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter, both U.S. citizens, to school in New Jersey. According to witnesses and the family, agents asked the boy to call a relative but drove away before anyone arrived, leaving the two minors unattended on the roadside. The incident violates ICE policy and DHS directives requiring agents to remain on scene until a third party assumes physical custody of minor children.

Franco Guzman Lopez, a DACA recipient who has lived in the U.S. for an extended period, was detained by immigration authorities immediately upon his release from local criminal custody at the Santa Barbara County jail on March 15, 2026. He was held for over a month without a bond hearing despite being eligible for one under immigration law. The federal court ordered his immediate release and prohibited re-detention without a pre-deprivation bond hearing.

Zahid Chaudhry, a disabled U.S. Army veteran and lawful permanent resident from Pakistan, was detained by ICE at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma in August 2025 after being arrested during a citizenship interview at a USCIS office. ICE cited undisclosed criminal charges from Australia in the early 1990s involving financial deception and passport-related offenses. After 124 days in custody, a federal judge ruled the detention was wrongful, finding that the government failed to provide Chaudhry notice or opportunity to be heard before detaining him, violating his constitutional rights. A government attorney apologized during the habeas hearing. In December 2025, Judge David G. Estudillo ordered Chaudhry's release.

Gerardo Reyes Gonzalez, 44, was detained by ICE for over 60 days following a March 14 traffic stop in San Marcos where police arrested him on interference with public duties charges after he allegedly tried to prevent his 17-year-old son from being removed from a vehicle. A judge ruled on a habeas corpus petition challenging the legality of his detention, leading to his release on June 1. The Hays County District Attorney dropped the criminal charge against him on May 11, and the city acknowledged that the arresting officer committed three policy violations.

Jonatan, a legal resident with an upcoming asylum hearing, was detained by ICE and held in a local jail in Virginia for three weeks before being released on March 14, 2026. His partner Kirby credits community organizing and intervention by people tracking ICE movements with preventing his disappearance and securing his release. The incident left lasting psychological and financial impacts on both of them.

On March 14, 2026, Gerardo Gonzalez Reyes, 44, and his 17-year-old son Esteban were arrested during a traffic stop in San Marcos after police responded to a false report. Police confirmed no crime had occurred. Esteban was released, but ICE placed a detainer on Gonzalez Reyes based on prior DWI convictions from 2004 and 2005 and transferred him to T. Don Hutto Detention Center. Despite over two months of community advocacy, vigils, and petitions to drop criminal charges by his family—including U.S. citizen children and a disabled wife who depends on him as a caretaker—an immigration judge ordered his deportation to Mexico in May 2026. His family plans to appeal.

A man with no criminal record who entered the United States legally and pursued an asylum claim for a decade was transported across multiple states in federal custody. During the multi-day transfer beginning March 14, he experienced prolonged restraint, overcrowding, sleep deprivation, and limited access to food, water, and medical care. Detainees were handcuffed for up to 14 hours, held in facilities beyond capacity, and did not receive proper medical screening or attorney notification.

A vehicle associated with federal immigration enforcement made contact with a protester outside an ICE detention center on Alameda Street in Los Angeles during a demonstration. Video footage shows the vehicle striking the protester, who then clung to the vehicle as it continued forward. The incident has circulated widely on social media, prompting calls for information about potential injuries.

ICE arrested Desbele Gebre Tewelde on March 13, 2026, after he had resided in the United States for about three years. Tewelde entered the U.S. on March 9, 2023, without inspection or admission. He was placed in removal proceedings and detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2). The court denied his motion for a temporary restraining order seeking individualized custody determination or release.

An individual who entered the U.S. in December 2023 was initially detained by immigration authorities, then released on their own recognizance after approximately one month. On March 13, 2026, they were taken into custody for a traffic violation and subsequently detained again by immigration authorities. The court ordered their immediate release, finding that their prior release created a liberty interest and that continued detention violated due process.

Daniel Lomeli-Rodriguez, a 42-year-old who has lived in the United States since 2004, was detained by ICE on March 13, 2026, while attending a court hearing for the dismissal of an offense. He is engaged to a U.S. citizen and is the father of three U.S. citizens. The federal court ordered his release from Adelanto Detention Facility within 48 hours, finding he was entitled to a bond hearing.

Curtis Wright, an Edmonton-born permanent resident who lived in the United States for 30 years, was detained by ICE on November 6, 2025, after returning from a work trip to Mexico at a U.S. port of entry. ICE cited drug possession charges from when Wright was 17 years old as grounds for detention. After four months in custody at the South Texas ICE Processing Center, a judge ordered his deportation on March 13, 2026. Wright's legal team filed evidence supporting his case and is pursuing a habeas corpus request and plans to appeal the deportation order.

A whistleblower at the Baltimore ICE detention facility alleged severe conditions including use of a restraint chair and unsanitary environments. A video documented overcrowding in January 2026, prompting Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen to raise concerns. ICE transferred approximately 100 detainees from the facility to Arizona on March 12, 2026, the day before a congressional oversight visit. A federal judge subsequently ruled in March 2026 that ICE must limit capacity at the downtown Baltimore holding facility to 56 people across five cells, citing health and safety risks. The court ordered ICE to conduct medical screenings within 12 hours of arrival, clean cells daily, and ensure access to hygiene supplies and medication within 24 hours.

Habiba Soliman, 18, and her four younger siblings (ages 4-16) have been detained at Dilley Immigration Processing Center for more than nine months. Their father was arrested in connection with a firebombing attack at a Jewish event in Boulder; DHS arrested the mother and children and investigated their alleged involvement despite their denials and public disavowal of his actions. An immigration judge initially determined the family posed no danger or flight risk and granted bond, but later reversed the decision after ICE appealed. Soliman was recently separated from her younger siblings and moved to an adult section of the facility.

Aleksei and his wife were arrested at the U.S. border with their 5-year-old twins and detained at Dilley Immigration Processing Center for more than 120 days, six times the 20-day federal limit. When Aleksei asked an ICE officer about the violation, he was told the court settlement limiting child detention was "not applicable anymore." The twins experienced psychological deterioration including frequent meltdowns, sleep disruption, weight loss, and fear of strangers. The family was released in February after securing legal representation and filing a parole request.

A pregnant woman reported being shot in the stomach with a rubber bullet by a federal agent while observing an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles on a Saturday night.

Aidar N. Masalbekov, a citizen of Kyrgyzstan who entered the U.S. without inspection in 2023, was arrested by Indiana State Police during a traffic stop on March 12, 2026. ICE subsequently detained him at Clay County Jail after revoking his Order of Release on Recognizance. Masalbekov had filed an asylum application in 2024 which remains pending. The court ordered that he must be given a bond hearing or released by April 7, 2026.

Lorenzo Chavez Rascon, a 22-year-old Utah man, was arrested on February 23, 2026, on suspicion of selling drugs, but the substances were determined to be dried pinto beans. He was released from initial criminal custody but subsequently detained by ICE based on a detainer, despite holding deferred action status from a pending U-visa petition. On March 11, 2026, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking his deportation and ordered the government to explain why he should not be released, ruling that his continued detention violated his constitutional due process rights. As of March 14, he remained in federal custody.

A 14-year-old Brazilian national was detained by ICE agents in Marlborough, Massachusetts on March 10, 2026, during an operation targeting suspected gang members. She was transferred to a juvenile detention facility in New York without following proper legal procedures. A federal judge ordered her immediate release on March 12, 2026, finding the detention and out-of-state transfer violated constitutional protections and questioning why she was not turned over to state child welfare authorities instead. She was reunited with her aunt and uncle in Massachusetts but received a notice to appear in immigration court and now faces deportation to Brazil. Her attorney plans to challenge the deportation and petition for special immigrant juvenile status.

Pedro R.O., an asylum seeker who entered the U.S. as a minor in 2021, was detained by ICE after being stopped by police while driving to work in Key Largo, Florida on March 12, 2026. He had been living in the community with a pending asylum application and no criminal history for five years. The court ordered his immediate release, finding his detention violated constitutional due process rights.

Maine nurses called on Senator Susan Collins to stop accepting political donations from Palantir Technologies, a company that provides surveillance technology to ICE. According to advocacy group Purge Palantir, Collins has received over $105,000 in donations from the company, making her one of the top three recipients in Congress. Nurses argued the company profits from personal data collection and surveillance of communities.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado granted a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the case of Luis Alfredo Chavelas Rosas, a Mexican citizen detained by ICE on July 16, 2025, in Aurora, Colorado. The court ruled that the detainee was improperly detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(A) without a bond hearing and determined that the default rule under § 1226(a) applies, requiring the government to provide a bond hearing. The court concluded that § 1225(b)(2)(A) does not authorize detention for noncitizens who have been present in the country for years and are not actively seeking admission.

Five Venezuelan construction workers with valid work permits were detained by federal immigration authorities on March 6-7 while working on Buffalo Bills stadium construction. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, two of the men crossed the border illegally and three overstayed their visas. All five are being held at Batavia Federal Detention Facility awaiting removal hearings.

On March 9, 2026, ICE detained and deported two 12-year-old twin sisters who are U.S. citizens born in Orlando, Florida, after their mother attended a scheduled immigration appointment at an ICE facility. ICE invoked a "family unity" policy to take the children into custody and deport them to Guatemala. The mother had previously submitted paperwork requesting the children remain with their grandmother, though ICE stated she verbally requested to take them with her. A federal court granted a habeas corpus petition filed by the grandmother, ordering the children's immediate return to the United States at ICE's expense and restraining ICE from rearresting them.

A Honduran man was detained by ICE agents during the March 11 enforcement action outside a residence on Dorset Street in South Burlington. The detention occurred as agents waited for judicial authorization to enter the house. A federal judge determined the arrest violated the man's Constitutional rights, yet he remains subject to possible deportation.

Two Ecuadorian women were detained by ICE agents during the March 11 enforcement action outside a residence on Dorset Street in South Burlington, alongside a Honduran man. The detentions occurred while agents waited for a judicial warrant to enter the house, surrounded by anti-ICE protesters. A federal judge found that the arrests violated the detainees' Constitutional rights, yet they face the possibility of deportation.

Deyvi Daniel Corona Sanchez was one of three people detained by ICE agents outside a residence on Dorset Street in South Burlington on March 11, 2026, during a widely protested enforcement action. Corona Sanchez had been arrested for DUI in Middlebury in January and had a previous deportation on his record. An ICE agent attempted to identify him by license plate but could not remember his name. A federal judge later found that the arrests violated Constitutional rights, though the detainees face possible deportation.