Human Impact Project

Ryan Amilkar Perez Bello entered the United States on December 5, 2022, and was released on his own recognizance on March 2, 2023, after being issued a Notice to Appear for removal proceedings. He was re-detained on March 31, 2026, when he reported for a routine ICE appointment. The court ordered his immediate release, finding that his prior release created a liberty interest and that his continued detention violated due process.

Armando Gonzalez Procopio, a Mexican citizen who lived and worked in Big Bear, California for over 20 years, was arrested by immigration officers on March 31, 2026. He was charged with being present in the United States without having been admitted or paroled and placed in removal proceedings at the ICE Desert View Annex Detention Facility in Adelanto. The court granted his temporary restraining order and ordered his immediate release from immigration custody.

Isnel Mayea Borges, a Cuban national who entered the U.S. through CBP's One Program in August 2023 and was released on two-year parole, was arrested by ICE on March 31, 2026 while on his way to work. Borges has a pending Application for Adjustment of Status under the Cuban Adjustment Act, possesses valid Employment Authorization, and has no criminal history. The court ordered his immediate release, finding his detention without a pre-deprivation hearing violated due process.

Lester Pérez Sánchez and Ismaray Paz Torres, a Cuban pastor couple who arrived in the U.S. in 2021 seeking asylum and hold I-220A status, were detained by ICE on March 31, 2026, during what they believed was a routine supervision appointment in Harlingen, Texas. Both hold work permits and operate a tire repair workshop in Ingleside. They have been held at El Valle Detention Center in Raymondville since their arrest. The Ingleside community, including the mayor, has rallied for their release.

A group of Venezuelan migrants, including children and babies, are stranded in Miami after attempting to voluntarily leave the United States. Their travel documents were rejected by airlines at the airport, preventing them from boarding flights home. The situation stems from Venezuela having no operational consulates in the U.S., making it impossible for Venezuelan citizens to obtain or renew required travel documents like passports and safe-conducts from U.S. soil.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained the father of Chicana painter Criselda Vasquez on March 31, 2026, after he was pulled over while on his way home from work and arrested outside a neighbor's home. Vasquez stated her father had been in the United States for over 40 years and that he was racially profiled. The family launched a fundraiser to cover lost wages and legal fees related to his detention.

A 15-year-old was detained during an ICE raid at a clandestine club off San Pedro Avenue in San Antonio in November 2025, along with approximately 140 other people. Four months later, the teen remained in federal custody at a migrant children's shelter on San Antonio's South Side despite paperwork for his release being completed. The release process stalled after his father, who was handling the case, was detained while driving back from a job in Corpus Christi, creating additional complications as the family feared further detention if a parent came forward to secure his release.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies executed search warrants at multiple locations in Jasper County, South Carolina over the weekend, resulting in at least five people being taken into custody by federal immigration officials at one location. Specific details about the total number arrested, reasons for the arrests, and where detainees were transported have not been released. The operation caused concern in the local community.

On March 31, 2026, a traffic stop on Interstate 20 near Leeds, Alabama resulted in the arrest of four individuals. The driver presented a Mexican identification card instead of an Alabama driver license, prompting an Alabama State Police trooper to contact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. When the driver and two passengers fled on foot into nearby woods, law enforcement apprehended all three without incident. All four individuals were arrested by the Leeds Police Department. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and ICE are investigating the incident.

Isaias, an asylee, was detained by ICE during a routine immigration check-in meeting earlier this year. He was the primary source of financial support for his elderly mother Rosa, who is now unable to work and needs assistance with rent and phone bills.

A Venezuelan pediatrician working as a medical assistant in the Raleigh neighborhood is currently in ICE custody.

Yaser Masroor, an asylum seeker from Iran, was re-detained on March 30, 2026, during a routine ICE check-in appointment after being previously released on recognizance in December 2023. ICE detained him solely because he had not been granted lawful status to remain in the U.S., despite having no criminal record and complying with all release conditions. The court found his detention violated due process and ordered his immediate release.

Ivan De Jesus Perez Salgado, a Mexican citizen who entered the U.S. without inspection in 2009 and lived there for over 17 years, was stopped while driving in Florida for allegedly having over-tinted windows and subsequently taken into ICE custody. He was transferred to several detention facilities and is now held at Golden State Annex in California. The court granted his habeas corpus petition and ordered a bond hearing within seven days.

A Hispanic mother was detained by immigration agents while working as a delivery driver. The post appeals for help and offers to share a GoFundMe link for those commenting.

On March 30, 2026, a Utah Highway Patrol trooper conducted a traffic stop on I-15 in Weber County for speeding. The driver refused to cooperate and could not provide valid identification despite claiming to be a U.S. citizen. With assistance from Weber County Sheriff's Office and ICE agents, the driver was forcibly removed from the vehicle due to noncompliance. Both the driver and a passenger were found to have active ICE detainers and were arrested and booked into Weber County Jail on charges including speeding, resisting arrest, and driving without a license.

Juan Carlos Quevedo Ferrer, 46, was arrested by Wildwood police for allegedly conducting 10 self-checkout fraud incidents at Target between November and March, in which he scanned lower-priced items like taco seasoning instead of the actual merchandise he purchased, totaling $181 in losses. Following his arrest, he is to be turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

ICE lodged a detainer requesting that Charlotte authorities not release Angelvis Jesus Quintero Fernandez, a 22-year-old from Venezuela, who was arrested and faces felony charges including first-degree murder in two fatal shootings in Charlotte on January 24 and March 22, 2026. Quintero Fernandez allegedly entered the U.S. in July 2023 via the CBP One app.

Anton Smovzh was deported from the United States by ICE. Upon crossing the border into Ukraine following his deportation, he was immediately picked up by Ukrainian military draft officers and sent to a training center.

Fernando Costilla Espinoza, 38, was found asleep behind the wheel of a locked pickup truck at a Pensacola intersection early Sunday morning. After authorities woke him, he showed signs of alcohol impairment and was taken to a hospital for evaluation. He was arrested on DUI and related charges, and ICE placed a detainer after determining he was not in the United States legally.

Nearly a dozen clergy members and immigration activists were arrested on Monday morning while attempting to block vehicles from leaving the ICE headquarters garage in Center City Philadelphia. The protesters, organized by No ICE Philly, were part of a "Week of Action Against ICE and Collaborators" and were charged with obstructing access to the garage, facing $530 in penalties or court appearance.

A Toledo resident is one of several lead plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit accusing federal immigration authorities of making warrantless arrests. The lawsuit comes as ICE enforcement increases in Ohio.

ICE agents detained Edgar Gomez in Bridgeton, New Jersey, after he left a court appearance where all charges against him had been dropped. Agents smashed the window of an immigration lawyer's vehicle and removed Gomez without producing a warrant despite requests from his attorney. Gomez was one step away from obtaining lawful permanent residency. The detention occurred one day after New Jersey passed a law requiring ICE agents to produce warrants.

A 17-year-old attending a protest against ICE was detained and beaten repeatedly with a baton by officers, resulting in a broken femur that required emergency surgery. According to witnesses, the beating occurred while the minor was already surrounded by officers and detained. He is reportedly being denied visitors while hospitalized.

A two-year-old has been held at the Dilley family detention center in Texas since March 19, 2026, and is refusing to eat while experiencing illness. Reports describe poor detention conditions including contaminated water, worms in meals, and inadequate medical care. Staff reportedly dismissed the child's mother's requests for medical assistance. Congressman Joaquin Castro called for the child's release and adequate medical care, and renewed calls to close the facility, which has faced ongoing criticism for water shortages and insufficient medical attention.

Merin Bonerges Mercado-Mejia, who entered the United States in April 2019 and had been living continuously in the country, was taken into immigration custody on March 29, 2026. He had been authorized to work in the U.S., possessed a valid Social Security number and work permit, and owned a landscaping and roofing company. The federal court ordered his immediate release, finding his detention without a bond hearing violated his constitutional due process rights.

Federal immigration authorities in Chattanooga filed a criminal complaint against Hector Antonio Amaya Flores, a Salvadoran national, for unlawfully reentering the United States after multiple prior deportations. According to court documents, Flores was encountered by ICE agents on March 29, 2026, and fingerprint analysis confirmed his identity. Immigration records show Flores had been deported in 1996, 1997, 2003, and 2018, and did not have permission from the Department of Homeland Security to return to the U.S.

ICE Boston arrested Bolivar Rivera-Perez, a Mexican national with two prior deportations and a criminal history including firearms offenses and DUI convictions in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. ICE lodged a detainer against Rivera-Perez with the Franklin County House of Corrections on March 24, 2025, but the facility released him into the community on March 31, 2025, without honoring the detainer.

On March 29, 2026, police arrested multiple protesters during a demonstration at the Portland ICE building in Portland. Isiah A. Lee, 26, climbed onto the lower roof of the facility and vandalized it, resulting in charges of first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree criminal trespass. Isaias Laguna, 21, was arrested and charged with second-degree criminal mischief, second-degree disorderly conduct, and second-degree criminal trespass. Robert Stoms, 37, was arrested and charged with second-degree criminal mischief. Lee was taken to Multnomah County Detention Center.

About 1,400 people gathered at the federal courthouse in downtown Las Vegas for the No Kings protest against immigration enforcement on March 29, 2026. Six people were arrested by Metro police on various charges including refusing to remove a prohibited item, throwing rocks, battery against protesters, and pedestrian in roadway violations. Additional demonstrations took place in North Las Vegas and Henderson.

On March 27, 2026, 25-year-old Jhonathan Cosme Antonio of Carpinteria encountered ICE agents attempting to apprehend him. After fleeing on foot, he jumped the perimeter fence of Santa Barbara County Main Jail to evade them. He sustained non-life-threatening injuries from the fence jump and was discovered hiding between storage containers. He was transported to a hospital for treatment and issued a citation for trespassing by Santa Barbara County deputies.

Carlos Corte-Corte from Ecuador was arrested on local charges for kidnapping a four-year-old child from a laundromat in Patchogue, New York on March 28, 2026. After local authorities arrested him, he was released from jail. ICE arrested him on March 31 and placed him in removal proceedings. According to ICE, Corte-Corte had been previously removed from the U.S. three times and illegally re-entered.

On March 28, 2026, a charter deportation flight carrying several dozen Russian citizens departed from Alexandria, Louisiana, and was routed through Newark, New Jersey, and Cairo, Egypt before arriving in Moscow. The deportees were gathered from five or six immigration detention centers across the United States. Human rights advocates reported harsh transfer conditions including shackles and extended periods without seating, and noted that some deportees faced FSB questioning and military draft notices upon arrival in Moscow.

A Trump-appointed federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against ICE for grave violations of detainees' Fifth Amendment rights during Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota. The court found that ICE isolated thousands of people at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building without access to attorneys and ordered the agency to provide legal aid contacts, interpreters, and free phone access within one hour of detention, as well as ban rapid out-of-state transfers within 72 hours.

A video recorded by a man's wife documented an ICE arrest in Bridgeton. The video shows officers smashing a car window during the arrest and taking the man away.

Yaima de las Mercedes Suárez, a Cuban mother of five and permanent resident of the United States, was arrested by ICE at Miami International Airport upon returning from a trip to Cuba. She faces possible deportation due to a criminal conviction from July 2013 for theft and conspiracy when she was 21 years old and pregnant. Her lawyer is pursuing bail and habeas corpus options to challenge the detention.

Two people were arrested during a "No Kings" protest at Riverfront Park near an ICE facility in downtown Spokane. An 18-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly taking a Trump flag from a counterprotester, and a 32-year-old man was arrested for assaulting an officer who was attempting to detain the woman. The incident lasted approximately five minutes and involved a brief physical altercation between police and protesters.

Pheap Rom, a Cambodian national with permanent resident status in the United States since 1985, was deported to Eswatini in October 2024 under the Trump administration's third-country deportation program. Rom had completed a 15-year prison sentence for attempted murder before deportation proceedings. He was detained at Matsapha Correctional Centre in Eswatini for approximately five months without criminal charges in that country. Rom was released and repatriated to Cambodia in late March 2026, becoming the second person repatriated under the agreement. The U.S. has paid Eswatini $5.1 million to accept up to 160 deportees under this arrangement, with approximately 15-20 men deported there during this period.

An Iranian national was released after being detained by ICE for nine months in what was determined to be unlawful detention. The case involved challenges to the legality of the detention and protection from removal proceedings.

An Iranian gay couple, Ali and Adel, who fled Iran after being arrested by morality police, arrived at the U.S. border in 2025 seeking asylum. Their claims were denied, and they were placed in separate ICE detention facilities facing deportation to Iran despite the risk of persecution. At least 175 Iranians have been deported on flights to Iran since September 2025 following a Trump administration deportation agreement, with some deported individuals separated from their families and handed over to Iranian authorities upon arrival.

A federal court issued a preliminary injunction requiring ICE and the Florida Department of Emergency Management to provide detained people at the Everglades Detention Facility (also called "Alligator Alcatraz") with access to legal counsel. The ruling was based on testimony from formerly detained people who described being denied access to attorneys, papers, and pencils. The court certified the case as a class action, protecting all current and future detainees at the facility.

Four migrants represented by the ACLU of Nebraska were released from ICE custody in recent weeks after federal judges ordered their release on bond or outright release. However, a new 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling decided that federal law does not require bond hearings for undocumented immigrants, even those with years of U.S. residence and no criminal records, aligning with the Trump administration's mandatory detention policy.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Suraj Vasal, an Indian national seeking asylum, at an Interstate 80 weigh station in Iowa on February 11, 2026. The arrest occurred during a traffic stop in which the Iowa State Patrol requested an immigration inquiry. Federal court records indicate ICE and the Iowa State Patrol were collaborating to check drivers' legal status at weigh stations. A federal judge ruled that the government violated Vasal's due process rights by conducting his bond hearing with only 30 minutes' notice and denying him adequate time to obtain legal representation, finding the agencies acted in bad faith.

On October 23, 2025, Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, and his father Arnulfo Bazan were detained during a traffic stop by unmarked ICE agents near South Gessner Road and Beechnut Street in Houston. Officers without visible identification surrounded their vehicle, leading Arnulfo to drive to a Restaurant Depot parking lot where he was tackled and restrained. During the encounter, agents assaulted Arnulfo; when Arnoldo attempted to intervene, he was beaten and choked by agents who used derogatory slurs. Arnoldo was released after identifying himself as a minor and U.S. citizen, while Arnulfo was transported to Montgomery County Processing Center and deported to Mexico on October 28, 2025 after signing a voluntary departure form. Months later, Arnoldo testified before Congress about the incident, describing the violence he witnessed and experienced. ICE disputed the assault allegations, claiming Arnulfo rammed a federal vehicle and fled.

Sandra De Leon Perez, a Guatemala native residing in the U.S. since 2019, was detained by ICE during a scheduled check-in on March 26, 2026. She was transferred to the Adelanto Detention Facility and held without bond based on a BIA decision requiring mandatory detention for those who entered without inspection. The court granted a TRO ordering her release or bond hearing within seven days.

Julio Elias Ivan Perez Rojas, a 22-year-old Peruvian national with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, was arrested by Burbank Police on March 26, 2026, but never charged with any crime. The next day, ICE took him into custody from the police department and detained him at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center. The federal court ordered his immediate release, finding that ICE violated his due process rights by re-detaining him without proper notice or a bond hearing.

J.W.B.S., a noncitizen who had been previously released on bond or conditional parole, was re-detained by immigration authorities on March 26, 2026. The court found that the government violated due process by failing to provide a pre-deprivation bond hearing before re-detaining him. The court ordered his immediate release with the same conditions he had prior to detention and required the government to provide seven days' notice and a pre-deprivation hearing before any future re-detention.

The Brevard County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at Scrappys Auto Salvage in Rockledge on March 26, 2026, investigating alleged violations of state law regarding vehicle documentation. The operation resulted in the arrest of Theodore Gross on over 5,000 charges including fraud, racketeering, and operating a chop shop, as well as the detention of 13 undocumented immigrants from Afghanistan, Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala. Immigration rights activists arrived to monitor the operation and raised concerns about collaboration between local law enforcement and federal immigration agencies.

On March 25-26, 2026, ICE agents detained six Guatemalan workers aged 18-40 at a residential construction site in Cambridge, Maryland. The homeowner, who had hired the workers for remodeling work nearing completion, contacted ICE and assisted agents in accessing the work area. The workers were owed approximately $10,000 in unpaid wages. A coworker with permanent residency status, Bryan Polanco, documented the detention on video and livestreamed it online without being detained himself. Family members reported emotional hardship from the detentions.

Gerannys Yeraldin Lopez Espinoza, a Venezuelan asylum seeker who was paroled into the U.S. in January 2024, was arrested by Utah law enforcement on March 26, 2026 on an outstanding domestic violence warrant. Though the domestic violence charges were resolved without conviction, she was transferred to DHS custody and detained at California City Detention Center. The court granted her habeas petition and ordered her immediate release, requiring a pre-deprivation hearing before any future detention.

Lorena Hidalgo Garcia, who entered the U.S. on a B2 visitor visa in 2021, was detained by ICE at a biometrics appointment on March 26, 2026. The appointment was scheduled in connection with her pending I-485 application for adjustment of status that she had filed in February 2026. The court found this constituted improper "gotcha" law enforcement using the adjustment of status process and ordered her immediate release.