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ICE Homeland Security Investigations Newark and the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Yechiel Yehoshua Farkash, a 43-year-old Lakewood resident, on April 17. Farkash is wanted in Israel for attempted rape and indecent acts involving children committed between 2020 and 2023. He was taken into federal custody pursuant to a provisional arrest warrant obtained under the U.S.-Israel extradition treaty.
ICE lodged an immigration detainer against Rebeca Fratila-Ilies, a Romanian national and lawful permanent resident, on April 17, 2026. Fratila-Ilies was convicted of two counts of carnal knowledge of a child and statutory rape, and was arrested by North Carolina police on March 12, 2025, for a probation violation. ICE is seeking her removal from the United States following an immigration judge's order.
U.S. border authorities interdicted three vessels smuggling foreign nationals off the Southern California coast in separate incidents. The first interdiction on April 17 involved a 24-foot vessel near San Clemente Island with 13 people apprehended, including seven males, five females, and a juvenile female. Some of the apprehended individuals had criminal histories including drug trafficking, aggravated assault, hit-and-run, and domestic violence.
Luis Armando Argueta Montejo, 43, from Mexico, was arrested on charges of sexual intercourse with a minor between ages 11 and 14 in Oconee County, South Carolina. ICE lodged an arrest detainer on April 17 to ensure his transfer into federal custody after he appears before a judge. According to DHS, Montejo stated he first entered the country in 2006 and had no previous criminal history in the U.S.
Isaac Villegas Molina, a Pasadena resident and lead plaintiff in federal litigation challenging ICE enforcement operations, was arrested by federal agents at a bus stop on June 18, 2025, along with two other day laborers. He was released on bond in July 2025. On April 17, 2026, Villegas was arrested again by ICE during an appointment with the Alternatives to Detention-Intensive Supervision Appearance Program. His lawyer filed a habeas petition alleging the arrest was unlawful and without a warrant, and claimed it was retaliatory given his pending removal case hearing. Following the arrest, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order, and Villegas was released from Adelanto Detention Center after community outcry.
A Dominican man was deported from Baltimore after his family paid approximately $9,000 to a fraudulent individual posing as an immigration attorney. The family believed they were paying to resolve the man's legal status, but the money was lost to fraud. When the irregularity was discovered, the immigration proceedings collapsed and the man was deported.
Dylan Lopez Contreras, a 21-year-old Venezuelan student at ELLIS Preparatory Academy in the Bronx, was detained by ICE in May 2024 after attending a mandatory immigration court hearing in Lower Manhattan. He was transferred to Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania, where an immigration judge denied his asylum claim in September 2024 and ordered his deportation to Venezuela. After nearly 10 months in detention, Contreras was released on March 18-19, 2025, while his legal team pursued an appeal of the deportation order. He returned to school while applying for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, subject to an ankle monitor and ICE check-ins as his asylum appeal remains pending. Dylan Lopez Contreras, a 20-year-old high school student at Ellis Preparatory Academy in the Bronx, was arrested by ICE agents in May 2025 at a Lower Manhattan courthouse after attending a mandatory immigration hearing. He was held in federal custody for nearly 10 months before being released on March 18, 2026, on his own recognizance with an ankle monitor. His detention was notable as the first widely documented case of a public school student in New York City being detained by federal agents under the Trump administration. A teenager named Ricardo was held in ICE detention and spent time in solitary confinement, prompting outrage from the Chicago community. His mother, Martha Liliana, and community members organized a rally calling for his release.
Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder and Columbia University graduate student, was arrested by ICE without a warrant in his apartment building on March 8, 2025. He was held for 104 days at LaSalle Detention Center in Louisiana after Secretary of State Marco Rubio invoked a rarely used immigration provision, claiming his pro-Palestinian activism threatens U.S. foreign policy. A federal judge released him on bail in June 2025 after finding the legal basis likely unconstitutional. In April 2026, the Board of Immigration Appeals upheld a final deportation order, but Khalil remains in the U.S. under a federal injunction while his case continues in the Third Circuit. He has filed a $20 million wrongful-detention claim.
Mixan Javier Gonzalez-Rivas, a Nicaraguan citizen who entered the U.S. in December 2022 and was initially released on parole, was re-detained on April 16, 2026 during a routine ICE check-in in Los Angeles. He had been complying with all supervision requirements for over three years, was employed as a caregiver for Los Angeles County, and had a pending asylum application. The court ordered his release within 24 hours, finding his re-detention without a pre-deprivation hearing violated due process.
Willian Yacelga Benalcazar fled criminal gang threats in Ecuador and sought asylum in the U.S. after crossing the border in August 2023. He was detained for five months across multiple ICE facilities, where he reported catching a virus, poor conditions including contaminated water, and difficulty accessing food. Under the Trump administration's third-country deportation policy, he faced deportation to Honduras rather than Ecuador. After learning he could face three to four additional months in detention, he abandoned his asylum case and agreed to voluntary departure to Ecuador on April 16, 2026.
José and his family from Venezuela entered the U.S. legally in 2024 using the CBP One app and received parole to live and work while their asylum cases were pending. After their immigration court hearing in June 2025 was dismissed under a Trump administration order, they were arrested outside the courtroom and detained for a month at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. Following their release, the family decided to abandon the asylum process and purchased one-way plane tickets back to Venezuela.
Dipakkumar Ghelani, a 34-year-old Indian national, was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol on April 16, 2026, on felony charges for trafficking cannabis with an estimated street value of $13 million. Ghelani entered the United States on a B-2 visa in March 2016 that expired in May 2019, and he remained in the country without valid immigration status. He is being held at the Duval County Pre-Trial Detention Facility, where ICE encountered him and initiated immigration proceedings. ICE will make a custody determination following the resolution of his state and local criminal charges.
ICE detained five Myanmar nationals in Buffalo, New York during an enforcement operation targeting undocumented migrants. One person was arrested while waiting to deliver packages at a warehouse in Pembroke. Community members identified the detainees as asylum seekers.
Officers claiming to be working on behalf of ICE visited a small number of Cincinnati Public Schools to conduct wellness checks on students. The officers were asked to leave and complied without making direct contact with students. District officials reinforced protocols requiring proper legal documentation for law enforcement access to school property and student information.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained two Bhutanese refugees from Central Pennsylvania over the weekend. Both men are permanent residents on a path to U.S. citizenship. The detentions are part of an ongoing pattern where the Trump administration is deporting Bhutanese refugees back to Bhutan, which then re-deports them to India without travel documents, leaving them stateless.
Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., an ICE agent, was charged with two counts of second-degree assault following an incident on February 5, 2026, on a Minnesota highway near the Crosstown at Minnesota 62 and Interstate 35W. Morgan allegedly pointed his duty weapon at occupants of another vehicle after claiming the other driver cut him off while he was driving illegally on the shoulder. The occupants of the other vehicle were unaware Morgan was a law enforcement officer, as he was not in uniform and his vehicle had no law enforcement markings. The criminal charges were formally filed against Morgan in connection with the alleged assault.
A former international student from Bangladesh self-deported from the United States after spending months in immigration detention, which he described as inhumane conditions.
Venezuelan physician Rubeliz "Bibi" Bolívar and her 5-year-old daughter Milena were detained by ICE while Bolívar was en route to an asylum interview. Bolívar held a valid work permit (EAD) and an approved I-485 employment-based visa petition. The organization Médicos Unidos Venezuela demanded their immediate release. A Venezuelan physician was detained by immigration authorities in Nashville while attending an official asylum appointment. The detention followed an administrative change to his case after it was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. He is currently held in custody in Louisiana and has health concerns including hypertension, severe scoliosis, and recent respiratory symptoms. Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar, an emergency medicine resident in McAllen, Texas, was detained by ICE at McAllen International Airport on April 11, 2026, while traveling with her five-year-old U.S. citizen daughter to a scheduled asylum interview in California. Dr. Bolivar held a valid work permit and had pending asylum and green card applications. She was released from custody the same night.
Ashish Kumar, an asylum seeker from India who entered the U.S. in September 2023, was initially released on recognizance with supervision conditions. ICE arrested him on April 15, 2026, and detained him at Golden State Annex Detention Facility. The federal court granted his habeas corpus petition and ordered his immediate release, finding his re-detention without a pre-deprivation hearing violated due process.
Edna Lizeth Medina Martinez, a Colombian citizen who entered the U.S. without inspection in March 2023, was initially released on an Alternatives to Detention program. After being arrested for driving under the influence in April 2026, she was detained by ICE during a scheduled check-in for violating ATD program guidelines. The court granted her habeas corpus petition and ordered ICE to provide her with a bond hearing within 14 days.
Michelle Mendoza, a U.S. citizen and mother of two young children, was detained by ICE agents on April 15, 2026, during a school drop-off at the intersection of Main Street and Bangs Avenue in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Agents took her to the ground, causing visible bruising, and handcuffed her in front of her children (ages 9 and 1). Some ICE agents covered their faces during the arrest, allegedly violating New Jersey state law prohibiting masked officers during enforcement actions. Mendoza was released without charges after eight hours at the Newark ICE detention center (Delaney Hall), though her husband remained in ICE custody. The incident prompted community protests and statements from city officials and state legislators.
A lawyer for two detainees at a Florida immigration detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz" reported that guards allegedly beat and pepper-sprayed several detainees who had complained about lack of phone access needed to contact family and attorneys. The incident follows a pattern of reports documenting inhumane conditions at the facility.
A Santa Maria man's five-year-old daughter was released after 20 hours in ICE detention at a Texas airport. The child's mother, Dr. Rubilez Bolivar, a Venezuelan national with valid work visas and a pending asylum case who was in medical residency in southern Texas, remains in ICE custody after an immigration official declared her documents invalid.
Brayan Alexander Lopez-Rivas, a native of El Salvador with CAT protection, was re-detained by ICE on April 14, 2026, during a routine check-in after complying with supervision conditions for nearly seven years. He had been released on supervision in 2019 after an immigration judge granted him withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture. The court granted a temporary restraining order requiring his immediate release and prohibiting his removal to a third country without proper procedural protections.
Daniel Torres, a Chicago-area man, self-deported to Mexico due to concerns about his immigration status and federal enforcement. He left behind his dog, Coffee, who was brought to animal control in February. Animal rescue organizations, including Microchip Hunters and Border Tails Rescue, used the dog's microchip to locate Torres through social media and coordinated the transportation of Coffee to Mexico, where the two were reunited.
Deisy Fidelina Rivera Ortega, wife of active-duty U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Jose Serrano stationed at Fort Bliss, was detained by ICE agents on April 14, 2026, while attending a USCIS appointment in El Paso, Texas to apply for Parole in Place. Despite holding valid work authorization and legal protections against deportation—including withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture protection granted in 2019—ICE arrested her without a warrant based on a December 2019 removal order for illegal entry. After approximately one month in custody at the El Paso Service Processing Center, she was released following media reporting and intervention by Senator Tammy Duckworth. Rivera Ortega remains subject to ankle monitoring, home visits, and travel restrictions while facing potential deportation to Mexico, where she has no family ties.
Miguel Lopez, a Livermore resident who had lived in the U.S. for over 27 years, was deported to Mexico in 2025 after appearing at a San Francisco courthouse for a routine immigration check-in. Lopez filed a civil action in May 2025 challenging a 2014 Board of Immigration Appeals decision that overturned his cancellation of removal application, but U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson dismissed the case on April 3, 2026, finding it was time-barred under the six-year statute of limitations. Lopez's attorney plans to appeal the decision to the Ninth Circuit.
ICE agents conducted a high-risk traffic stop around 9 a.m. near Beakes Street and Fifth Avenue outside a children's daycare in downtown Ann Arbor. Agents sealed off a vehicle with multiple vehicles and approached with guns drawn, extracting the driver and taking them into custody. Ann Arbor's mayor and police chief say the arrest occurred without their knowledge or participation.
ICE detained Rafael Zaga Tawil, a Mexican businessman, at Glades County Detention Center in Florida. Zaga Tawil has been sought by Mexican prosecutors since 2020 in connection with an alleged $294 million housing fraud scheme involving Mexico's National Workers' Housing Fund Institute (Infonavit). Mexican authorities allege he orchestrated contracts in 2014 that were terminated in 2017, but his company received an illegal indemnity payment of over 5 billion pesos.
The Trump administration has detained and endangered immigrant survivors of human trafficking, including those with legal status and valid T visas. Flora, a Venezuelan trafficking survivor with an active asylum claim and pending T visa application, was detained by ICE in January 2025 after reporting her trafficker to federal authorities, separated from her young children for two months. Since January 2025, at least 68 habeas corpus petitions involve trafficking survivors in ICE detention, marking a dramatic increase and reflecting the administration's rescission of protective policies for crime victims.
Alexandre Ramagem, 53, former head of Brazilian intelligence, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on April 14, 2026, following his flight from Brazil. Ramagem was convicted in September 2024 for his role in a coup conspiracy with former President Jair Bolsonaro, including charges of armed criminal association, attempted coup d'état, and attempted violent abolition of the rule of law, and was sentenced to 16 years in prison. He had entered the United States using a diplomatic passport and was living in exile in Florida when taken into custody following a traffic stop. Brazilian authorities formally requested his extradition in December 2024, and the arrest resulted from collaboration between U.S. and Brazilian law enforcement. He reportedly has a pending asylum request under review.
ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigated more than 300 arrests of protesters and bystanders during Trump administration immigration enforcement sweeps in Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Charlotte. Over one-third of cases were dismissed, acquitted at trial, or never prosecuted. Video evidence and other documentation repeatedly contradicted officer statements, and prosecutors struggled to substantiate charges such as assaulting federal officers or interfering with law enforcement. Federal agents, largely inexperienced in crowd control, made widespread arrests that ultimately failed legal scrutiny.
A 19-year-old Venezuelan migrant named María Alejandra Rivas Martínez was detained by U.S. immigration authorities after a traffic accident in Miami. She had legally entered the U.S. in 2019 with a tourist visa at age 13, holds a valid Florida driver's license and work permit, and has a pending asylum case. A state officer notified ICE after reviewing her identification during the accident report. She is currently held at Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach awaiting immigration court. Jesús Eduardo Marín, a Venezuelan father of three who entered the U.S. 12 years ago and has been in asylum proceedings, was detained by Border Patrol during a traffic stop on April 8. Agents stopped him after identifying his vehicle's license plates as belonging to a non-citizen. His family is raising funds for legal representation and bail.
Gilbert, an Immokalee high school graduate, was unlawfully detained in LaBelle, Florida. Community members are organizing a support action scheduled for Friday at 8:20 AM.
Yelitza Perez, a 29-year-old Venezuelan mother of two, spent weeks attempting to voluntarily return to Venezuela through the CBP Home app following her husband's deportation. She initially registered for voluntary departure but faced multiple obstacles, including lack of required Venezuelan travel documentation and airline verification issues. After being denied boarding at Miami International Airport in early April, she obtained a salvoconducto (safe pass) from Venezuelan authorities. Faith-based organizations including Hermanos de la Calle and Discerning Deacons provided shelter and assistance during her stay. Perez and her daughters successfully departed for Venezuela in mid-April after obtaining the required travel documentation.
On April 4, 2026, ICE agents arrested 13 undocumented individuals from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan at a PennDOT driver's license center in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. A website error had directed individuals seeking commercial driver's license renewals to the facility, resulting in an unusually large crowd of over 100 people. East Franklin Police received reports of the gathering and contacted ICE. During the operation, multiple people fled the scene, some abandoning vehicles and running through residential yards to evade agents. One person resisted arrest and allegedly assaulted a law enforcement officer. PennDOT stated it follows federal law and uses the SAVE database to verify legal presence for license applicants.
Sundas Naqvi, a 28-year-old U.S. citizen, was detained by ICE agents at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on March 5, 2026, after returning from Turkey. She claimed a 43-hour ordeal involving transfer to Dodge County Jail in Wisconsin and was released early Saturday morning with a dead phone. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt denied having any record of her at the facility, while DHS disputed her account by releasing surveillance footage showing secondary screening lasted less than an hour. In April 2026, Sheriff Schmidt filed a million-dollar defamation lawsuit against Naqvi, characterizing her detention claims as false and part of a "romantic scam" with her boyfriend. Naqvi's attorney provided location data and requested release of additional surveillance footage.
Cesar A.S., a Venezuelan citizen who entered the U.S. without inspection in September 2023 and was released on recognizance, was arrested by ICE in Lakeville, Minnesota on April 13, 2026. He challenged his mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2) through a habeas corpus petition, arguing he should be eligible for bond under § 1226(a). The court denied his petition, ruling that under Eighth Circuit precedent, noncitizens present in the U.S. who have not been admitted are necessarily "seeking admission" and subject to mandatory detention.
Carlos Julio Medina Garcia, a 56-year-old Colombian citizen who had been granted withholding of removal, was detained without a warrant by ICE officers in Baltimore on March 31, 2026, when he reported for a scheduled check-in. He had been complying with supervised release and had a home visit scheduled for April 1, but ICE instructed him to report in-person on March 31 instead. The court granted his temporary restraining order motion and ordered his immediate release, finding ICE violated his due process rights. Jose Manuel Garcia Salamanca was placed in removal proceedings in August 2023 and charged with inadmissibility for entering the United States without inspection. He was released from immigration custody on an Order of Recognizance but was subsequently arrested by immigration authorities and is currently detained at the Adelanto ICE Detention Facility. The court granted his temporary restraining order requiring an individualized bond hearing within seven days.
Yousof Azizi, a 40-year-old Iranian PhD candidate at Virginia Tech, was detained by Homeland Security Investigations agents outside his Germantown, Maryland home on April 13 and transferred to an immigration detention facility in Arizona. His wife denies DHS allegations that he lied on his student visa application about membership in Iran's Student Basij Organization and claims his visa status issue was a pretext, asserting he was speaking publicly about U.S.-Iran relations based on his academic research.
An immigration attorney reports that approximately 80% of his clients granted bond by a judge are held for days beyond their legal release date by ICE. The case of Deonicio Castillo, a Colorado resident detained in January 2026, exemplifies the pattern—he was held six days after a judge granted his $2,500 bond. The attorney argues the delays violate constitutional rights and represent a departure from prior practice where bond releases typically occurred within hours.
Several ICE detainees were hospitalized after suffering heat-related illnesses while being transported by bus in Oklahoma on April 13, 2026. The transport bus, which was carrying detainees to an ICE facility in Watonga, stopped in Canadian County to provide medical assistance. Multiple detainees required hospital treatment for heat-related conditions.
Two individuals detained by ICE in Iowa county jails are suing the federal government, alleging violations of their due process rights. Abhishek Kumar and Usiel Sanchez Romero were detained following traffic stops and are being held without bond hearings. Both are seeking court intervention for release or bond hearings in immigration court.
On January 18, 2026, ICE officers broke into the St. Paul home of ChongLy "Scott" Thao, a 56-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen with no criminal record, without a warrant. Officers forcibly entered at gunpoint and removed Thao in minimal clothing (shorts and Crocs, or underwear and blanket) in sub-freezing weather. After detaining and questioning him for approximately one hour, they released him upon realizing he was a U.S. citizen. ICE claimed they were seeking two convicted sex offenders with ties to the property, but Thao denied knowing these individuals and one was later found still to be in prison. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi stated there was no legitimate legal reason for the entry, and Minnesota authorities launched a joint investigation into the incident as potential kidnapping, burglary, and false imprisonment.
In April 2026, two Venezuelan physicians working in South Texas were detained during immigration enforcement actions. Dr. Ezequiel Veliz, a resident of the year at UT Health Rio Grande Valley, was detained at a Border Patrol checkpoint in Sarita after his Temporary Protected Status was revoked by the Trump administration in October 2025. Following medical community outcry and intervention by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, Veliz was granted bond and released from custody. Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar, an emergency medicine doctor with a valid work permit and ten years of U.S. residency, was detained at McAllen International Airport while traveling with her five-year-old U.S. citizen daughter to a scheduled asylum interview in California; she was released the same evening. Both physicians worked in federally designated underserved medical areas.
Rev. Yeison Cortes Vasquez, a 46-year-old evangelical pastor at The Gathering Place Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey, was detained by ICE on March 20, 2026, while working a food delivery job. ICE cited an overstayed tourist visa from Colombia that expired in 2016, though church members stated Vasquez had an active asylum case and was following legal processes. During his approximately three-week detention at Delaney Hall in Newark, church leaders reported he was denied access to a Bible for at least a week; DHS denied these allegations and stated detainees may request religious items. While in custody, Vasquez ministered to other detainees. Members of Congress visited the facility and raised concerns about detention conditions. Vasquez was released on bond with GPS monitoring while awaiting removal proceedings. The National Latino Evangelical Coalition confirmed he has no criminal record.
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