Man detained after four years complying with all release conditionsA man who complied with release conditions for over four years was detained again without notice in March 2026; a court ordered his immediate release, citing due process violations.Mar 4, 2026·CourtListener+1📦
Venezuelan immigrant charged after grabbing federal agent's gun at Michigan Sam's ClubArnoldo Jose Marquez-Pulido, 33, was arrested outside a Michigan Sam's Club after grabbing a federal agent's gun and injuring two investigators during a struggle, facing charges that could bring 20 years.Mar 4, 2026·Utica, MI·Venezuela·WILX📦,MLive📦,The Midwesterner,Blue Water Healthy Living📦,Off the Press📦
Father of U.S. citizen child held five months without a bond hearingA Salvadoran man who has lived in the U.S. about 20 years and has a citizen child was held at Adelanto for five months without a bond hearing. A judge ordered him released in August.Mar 4, 2026·Simi Valley, CA·El Salvador·CourtListener
Indian truck driver with work permit detained by Iowa troopers and ICESyed Abbas, an Indian truck driver with work authorization and a pending asylum case, was detained after Iowa troopers stopped his truck and wrongly checked his status. He is now suing ICE and local officials.Mar 4, 2026·Mitchellville, IA·India·Iowa Public Radio📦,Iowa Capital Dispatch📦,KWQC📦,Des Moines Register
Asylum seeker married to U.S. citizen held by ICE over three monthsOrlin Carrasco, 29, who fled Honduras as a teen and is married to a U.S. citizen, was detained at a courthouse despite an active asylum case and valid work permit. He remains held in Louisiana after three months.Mar 4, 2026·Springfield, TN·Honduras·FOX 17📦
Guatemalan father seeking asylum held by ICE with no bondA Guatemalan construction worker and father with years at the same address was detained after what his lawyer calls a racially targeted operation, and now seeks release while his asylum case proceeds.Mar 4, 2026·Manhattan, NY·Guatemala·CourtListener📦
Cuban man with work permit re-arrested by ICE on Florida fishing vesselA Cuban fisherman previously released on bond and authorized to work through 2030 was re-arrested during a routine boat inspection. A federal court ordered his immediate release, citing a due process violation.Mar 4, 2026·Florida·Cuba·CourtListener📦
Father of four dies after alleged medical negligence at Adelanto ICE facilityIrvin Cruz Nape, a father of four, died days after being released from Adelanto ICE facility, having reported heart attack symptoms in custody without proper treatment. His death is among at least four linked to the facility.Mar 4, 2026·Adelanto, CA·LA Taco📦,KVCR News📦,LinkedIn
Crime survivors protected by Congress being deported by ICEYessenia Ruano, a former Milwaukee teacher's aide awaiting a trafficking-survivor visa, self-deported to El Salvador with her U.S. citizen children after ICE threatened her at a check-in. A lawsuit challenges new ICE guidance ending protections for crime survivors.Mar 4, 2026·Los Angeles, CA·El Salvador·ABC7📦,International Business Times📦,WGBH📦,Sacramento Bee📦
Laotian refugee with U.S. citizen spouse detained at Portland ICE check-inA Laotian refugee who came to the U.S. in 1988 as a child was detained reporting to ICE's Portland office, despite having a citizen spouse and five children. A judge denied his bid to block deportation.Mar 3, 2026·Portland, OR·Laos·CourtListener📦
Man detained again by immigration authorities without a hearingA noncitizen previously freed on bond was re-detained, then ordered released again after a court found the government must hold a hearing before a neutral judge before re-detaining someone already released.Mar 3, 2026·CourtListener📦
Man detained again without a bond hearing in MarchAn immigration detainee freed on bond was re-detained without a hearing, then ordered released under his original conditions after a court found the re-detention violated due process.Mar 3, 2026·CourtListener📦
Elderly couple knocked down at Portland ICE facility, wife pepper-balled in headLaurie Eckman, 84, and her husband Richard, 83, a Vietnam veteran who uses a walker, were knocked down at a Portland ICE protest; she was shot in the head with a pepper ball and hospitalized for a month.Mar 3, 2026·Portland, Oregon·CNN📦,CBS News📦,Daily Kos📦,Times Republican📦,CourtListener📦,Chron,The Oregonian📦,Episcopal News Service📦,Yahoo News📦,ACLU of Oregon,KPTV
Salvadoran father of three held two months by ICE without bond hearingJorge Calderon Rivera, a Salvadoran father of three who had lived in Omaha a decade, was held two months after a traffic stop before a judge ordered a bond hearing. He was freed and reunited with his family.Mar 3, 2026·Omaha, NE·El Salvador·Gray Television📦,Nebraska Examiner📦,KSNB Local 4📦,ACLU of Nebraska+2📦,CIRA Connect+1📦
Husband of U.S. citizen teacher self-deports to Mexico with U.S.-born daughtersIrvi Cruz, married to a U.S. citizen teacher and father of two American-born daughters, left for Mexico after nearly two decades in New York, choosing to self-deport over fear of the political climate.Mar 3, 2026·Bronx, NY·Mexico·The Atlantic📦,Briefly📦,EBSCO
Cuban man held by ICE in Tennessee county jailDaniel Pino Alfonso, a Cuban national, was arrested in Spring Hill, Tennessee, and remains held in county jail facing deportation after an immigration detainer was placed on him.Mar 3, 2026·Spring Hill, TN·Cuba·Cuba Headlines+1📦,Cuba Llama📦,CourtListener+2
Minneapolis protesters threatened with replica guns by two bounty huntersTwo bounty hunters, Garrett and James Willis, were charged with felony threats after pointing replica firearms and firing pepper balls at anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis.Mar 3, 2026·Minneapolis, MN·CBS News📦,MPR News📦,Star Tribune📦,Instagram📦
Father arrested by ICE near Boise daycareA father was arrested about 200 yards from a Boise daycare; his family has asked for privacy as the case continues.Mar 3, 2026·Boise, ID·Clayton E. Cramer Blog+1📦,Boise State Public Radio📦,East Idaho News
New Bedford worker returned to ICE custody after brief court-ordered releaseDarwing Inocente Xitumul Morales, a Guatemalan worker, was sent back into ICE custody after a judge denied him bond, and he now awaits an April 23 hearing at Plymouth County Correctional Facility.Mar 3, 2026·New Bedford, MA·Guatemala·New Bedford Light+1📦,NBC Boston📦,WSHU📦
Venezuelan man deported to El Salvador prison over rose tattoosLuis Muñoz Pinto, 27, was deported to El Salvador's Cecot prison in March 2025 after officials called his rose tattoos, honoring his twin sisters, gang symbols. A court ruled he must be allowed to return.Mar 3, 2026·Venezuela·The Guardian📦,Prime Publishers,Miami New Times+1📦,Delta News,McDuffie Progress
