Human Impact Project

A federal immigration raid at La Catedral horse race track in Wilder, Idaho in October 2025 is drawing national attention after Anabel Romero, a U.S. citizen and mother of three, testified before the U.S. Senate about the operation. Romero described agents threatening her family and using force against her children, including zip-tying her 14-year-old daughter. The testimony challenged Trump administration statements that no children were restrained during the raid, and a federal lawsuit has been filed over the operation's impact on Idaho families.

Federal agents with Border Patrol, FBI, and ATF conducted a predawn raid on a South Shore apartment building at 7500 S. South Shore Drive, arresting 37 people. Agents used military tactics including flashbang grenades, drones, and helicopters to enter units, with witnesses reporting residents including children were pulled from apartments without clothing. U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours, and residents reported missing belongings and property damage throughout the building.

Gabriela Lozano Sousa, a Venezuelan national who legally entered the United States through a humanitarian parole program in 2023, has been detained for five months by ICE following a dismissed domestic dispute case. She has lived in the country for two years and married a U.S. citizen. ICE classified her as an "arriving immigrant," making her subject to mandatory detention without bond. Federal courts are divided on the legal justification for her detention. Removal proceedings continue and her family is considering voluntary departure to avoid a ten-year reentry bar.

A Chicago couple was arrested during Operation Midway Blitz just eight days after getting married. The wife was deported to Mexico while the husband remained in detention in Michigan. Despite being named in a federal lawsuit alleging unlawful arrests, a judge ordered the husband's removal to El Salvador.

Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills announced three criminal investigations into ICE operations at a detention facility in his village, citing repeated exposure of his officers to tear gas deployed by federal agents. Mills and Mayor Katrina Thompson criticized ICE's use of tear gas, pepper spray, and mace during protests at the Broadview Processing Center, stating the chemicals created dangerous conditions for residents and first responders exercising their First Amendment rights.

ICE officers shoved journalists to the floor at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City on September 30, 2025, while detaining an immigrant at an asylum hearing. One journalist working for a Turkish media outlet was hospitalized with injuries and transported on a stretcher with a neck brace. This incident occurred less than a week after another viral video showed an ICE officer shoving a woman at the same facility.

On September 24, 2025, a gunman identified as Joshua Jahn opened fire on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, shooting at a transport van containing detainees at the controlled entrance. The attack killed at least one detainee immediately, with a second detainee, 32-year-old Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, dying from injuries on September 30. Two other detainees were critically wounded in the shooting. Ammunition recovered at the scene bore anti-ICE messaging, prompting the FBI to investigate the incident as targeted violence. The gunman died by suicide after the attack, and no ICE agents were injured.

On September 30, 2025, ICE and FBI agents conducted an operation at an apartment building at 7500 S. South Shore Drive in Chicago as part of Operation Midway Blitz, detaining approximately 37 people including Venezuelan migrants and at least one U.S. citizen. The operation involved helicopters, snipers, flash-bangs, and agents breaking down doors and zip-tying residents. The federal government has provided no public accounting of how many remain in custody, what happened to children present in the building, or whether any criminal charges were filed related to the raid.

ICE agents, along with CBP, FBI, and ATF personnel, conducted an overnight raid on a South Shore apartment building on September 30, 2025, targeting individuals allegedly associated with Tren de Aragua and involved in drug trafficking, weapons crimes, and immigration violations. The operation resulted in 37 arrests and drew criticism from residents and advocates over tactics that included use of flash bangs, property destruction, and separation of parents from children.

Miguel Ángel García, 31, died after being removed from life support following a shooting attack at an ICE field office in Dallas. García was among detainees in an ICE transport van when a gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop in an attack federal investigators said was intended to target immigration officers.

West Africans deported by the United States to Ghana were subsequently sent to Togo without documents or identification papers. Eight to 10 individuals, some of whom had won legal protections preventing their deportation, were sent across the border and left on the street. The deportees, including nationals from Nigeria, Liberia, Gambia, and Togo, are now in hiding without proper documentation.

Hundreds of protesters gathered at an ICE building in Portland following President Trump's announcement of troop deployment to the city. The demonstration featured chants and bucket drumming and was described as raucous but largely free of confrontation.

An ICE officer who was relieved of duties after being captured on video pushing an Ecuadoran woman to the ground outside an immigration court in Manhattan was returned to duty following a preliminary review. The incident occurred when federal agents were attempting to detain the woman's husband, and the officer pushed her to the floor in front of her children and journalists.

Miguel García-Hernández, an undocumented immigrant awaiting intake at an ICE facility in Dallas, was shot on September 24, 2025, when a gunman opened fire outside the facility. He died from his injuries on September 29, leaving behind his wife Stephany Gauffeny and three children. García-Hernández had been in ICE custody following a DUI arrest and was working toward legal status through a Biden administration initiative when the shooting occurred.

Watchdog groups alleged in a court filing that children and families held at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas face prolonged detention beyond legal limits, along with shortages of clean drinking water, chronic sleep deprivation, inadequate medical care, and lack of hygiene products. Legal experts filed accounts describing the facility environment and conditions for detainees.

A mother and two children detained by ICE agents in Millennium Park on September 28 were released from custody on October 2 after a federal judge ordered their protection from deportation while a habeas corpus petition is reviewed. The father, Jaime Ramirez, remains detained in a Texas immigration facility after being transferred from Illinois. The family, originally from Guatemala, has an asylum appointment scheduled for October 2027.

An ICE officer who was relieved of duties after being captured on video pushing an Ecuadoran woman to the ground outside an immigration court in New York City was returned to duty following a preliminary review. The incident occurred during a family separation at 26 Federal Plaza when the woman attempted to prevent her husband's detention. The Department of Homeland Security initially condemned the officer's conduct as unacceptable.

Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Chicago after an unmarked vehicle pulled in front of his car. DHS claimed the officer was "seriously injured" when Villegas-Gonzalez hit and dragged him with his car. Video evidence shows the officer sustained injuries he described as "nothing major."

Three women—Cynthia Raygoza, Sandra Carmona Samane, and Ashleigh Brown—have been federally indicted for allegedly following an ICE agent home and publicly disclosing his personal information on social media. On August 28, 2025, the women livestreamed their pursuit of the agent from Downtown Los Angeles to his residence on Instagram, then shouted to neighbors about his identity and posted his address online. Each faces federal charges of conspiracy and disclosing a federal agent's personal information, with sentences of up to five years in prison per count. Raygoza remains at large while her codefendants have been arrested.

Freelance photojournalist Dave Decker was shot multiple times with pepper balls by federal officers and had his camera lens damaged while covering protests outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois on September 27, 2025. Officers appeared to target Decker specifically, pointing him out before firing. The incident occurred during protests at an ICE detention and processing facility.

Maikol Carreno, a 24-year-old Venezuelan barber in Yuma, Arizona, was detained by ICE agents while giving a haircut at Stay Faded Barbershop. Carreno, who is seeking asylum, was transferred to Eloy Detention Center. His U.S. citizen wife, who is three weeks away from giving birth, is pleading for his release with community support.

Federal immigration agents used baton rounds, tear gas, and chemical agents against protesters outside the ICE detention facility in Broadview on September 26, 2025. This was the third consecutive Friday of confrontations between protesters and federal agents at the facility. At least two people were arrested as agents attempted to clear the street and protesters refused to disperse.

An ICE officer was placed on administrative leave after video footage showed him shoving a woman to the ground in a courthouse hallway in New York. The incident occurred after federal agents attempted to detain the woman's husband during an immigration enforcement action. DHS stated the officer's conduct was unacceptable and initiated a full investigation into the incident.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained at least five Austin Independent School District employees, including instructional and support staff such as teachers, bus drivers, and lunchroom workers. Roberto López Falcón, a Cuban immigrant and fifth-grade ESL teacher at Hart Elementary School, was arrested on September 3, 2025, during a routine check-in appointment in San Antonio after entering the U.S. without authorization in March 2022. López Falcón has been held at a federal immigration facility in Karnes County for three weeks with limited communication access. The school district replaced him with a substitute teacher and offered counseling services to students, though it initially told students he was sick rather than explaining his detention. Coworkers and administrators reported being left without adequate information about their colleagues' status and whereabouts.

Three women known as "Las Tres Guerreras" or the "Baldwin Park Three" (Akalei Brown, Cynthia Saragoza, and Sandia) were charged by the Department of Homeland Security in September 2025 for documenting an ICE agent during a community watch patrol. They face charges including conspiracy and doxxing with potential sentences exceeding 10 years in federal prison, with trial scheduled for February 24, 2026. Sandia is currently detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles awaiting trial.

A 25-year-old paraprofessional at a special education school in Inver Grove Heights was taken into custody early Monday after an apparent collision with a federal vehicle in the parking lot of Concord Education Center. She was held at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility at Fort Snelling for nearly 12 hours before being released pending an investigation. Her mother reported a lack of communication during the detention. U.S. Rep. Angie Craig's office commented on the detention.

On September 26, 2025, federal agents used chemical agents including pepper balls and tear gas against over 100 protesters gathered outside an ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois. The protest was organized to demonstrate against detention conditions and show support for detainees. Some protesters attempted to block vehicles from entering the facility, though most of the crowd remained distant from the perimeter fence. Federal agents also deployed non-lethal projectiles from rooftop positions during the incident. Following the confrontation, 11 people were taken into custody, with five subsequently facing federal charges including assault on federal officers.

Rafie Ollah Shouhed, a 79-year-old U.S. citizen and car wash owner in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, was injured during an immigration raid conducted by ICE and Border Patrol agents on September 9, 2025. Shouhed claims agents body-slammed him to the ground, resulting in multiple broken ribs, elbow injuries, and a traumatic brain injury. He was detained for nearly 12 hours despite being identified as a U.S. citizen. Shouhed subsequently filed a $50 million federal tort claim against the Department of Homeland Security alleging assault, battery, civil rights violations, and deliberate indifference to serious medical conditions.

Paramjit Singh, a lawful permanent resident who arrived in the U.S. 30 years ago, was detained at Chicago O'Hare Airport on July 30, 2025, based on a 25-year-old theft conviction. DHS subsequently filed for his removal citing an alleged 2008 forgery conviction that appears not to exist; an immigration judge ordered his release on a $10,000 bond in August, but DHS filed an automatic stay to keep him detained. Singh, who is suffering from a progressive brain tumor causing vision loss, remains in a Kentucky county jail awaiting removal proceedings scheduled for September 29.

The National Immigrant Justice Center and ACLU of Illinois filed a federal court notice on behalf of 27 people arrested without warrants or probable cause by Department of Homeland Security officers since May 2025, with at least 20 arrested in September. The filing challenges violations of a consent decree that prohibits racial profiling and warrantless arrests, documenting incidents where people were arrested while walking in neighborhoods, at parking lots, during traffic stops, and at their homes.

Independent journalist Leigh Kunkel was shot in the face and back of the head with pepper balls by federal officers while reporting on protests outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois on September 26, 2025. Kunkel was documenting demonstrations at the facility when ICE agents emerged from the gates and began firing crowd-control munitions at journalists and protesters gathered nearby.

Xiomara Suarez-Marin, a 29-year-old Peruvian national seeking asylum, was detained by ICE during a scheduled USCIS appointment in Los Angeles on September 26, despite having a pending green card application through her wife. She had entered the U.S. in 2022 under humanitarian parole and had complied with all previous ICE check-ins. She remains in federal custody at Adelanto Detention Center with an immigration court hearing scheduled for January 28.

Ayman Soliman, an Egyptian-born imam and hospital chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, was detained by ICE on July 9, 2025, during a routine immigration check-in appointment after USCIS terminated his asylum status. Authorities alleged he provided material support to terrorists through involvement with an Egyptian charity organization. During approximately 10 weeks in custody at Butler County Jail, Soliman was held in freezing conditions, placed in isolation, and denied access to his attorney. The Department of Homeland Security subsequently withdrew its deportation case after court filings documented errors and inconsistencies in the government's evidence. Soliman was released in mid-to-late September 2025, his asylum status was reinstated, and his green card application was revived.

ICE enforcement actions in major U.S. cities on September 25-26, 2025 resulted in several incidents including an officer shoving a woman in a New York courthouse, tear gas used against protesters outside a Chicago detention center, and a woman injured during an arrest in the Boston area. A Guatemalan permanent resident named Hilda was forcibly detained in Chelsea, Massachusetts, sustaining injuries requiring hospitalization.

ICE agents arrested Jorge Elieser Gonzalez Ochoa, a 27-year-old Colombian national, at Bread Garden Market in Iowa City on September 25, 2025. Advocacy group Escucha Mi Voz stated the arrest involved the use of force in a public marketplace. Gonzalez was working toward asylum with an ankle monitor and is now held in Linn County Jail on an ICE hold.

Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, 32, died from injuries sustained in a sniper-style shooting at a Dallas ICE facility on September 24. He was shot at least eight times and had been in critical condition at Parkland Hospital before being removed from life support. Garcia-Hernandez was the second victim to die from the attack, leaving behind his wife and four children.

A federal judge ordered the immediate release of Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira, a 27-year-old DACA recipient and father of four U.S. citizen children who was detained by ICE for 42 days. Gamez Lira was detained on August 13 when federal agents surrounded his vehicle in Horizon City, Texas, with two of his young children present. He was held at the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, New Mexico, separated from his family including a three-month-old infant with serious medical conditions. The federal government declined to oppose his release.

ICE agents pointed guns at and smashed the window of a car carrying a couple and their 1-month-old baby in Alamosa on September 24, 2025. The agents arrested Jose Aguilera, 33, from Mexico, who was returning from a court hearing with his partner and infant son. The arrest violated a 2020 Colorado law prohibiting ICE arrests of people going to or coming from courthouses.

A shooting occurred at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Dallas on Wednesday morning. The shooter, 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, fired from a rooftop across the street, killing one detainee and wounding two others before dying by self-inflicted gunshot wound. Evidence suggests the attack was anti-ICE in nature, with shell casings engraved with anti-ICE messages.

On September 24, 2025, a shooter identified as Joshua Jahn fired from a rooftop into an ICE facility near Interstate 35E in Dallas, killing three people detained by ICE and injuring one other before shooting himself. Two of the three victims were taken to hospitals in critical condition, with one dying six days later. Authorities found anti-ICE markings and notes in Jahn's personal effects, concluding the attack was a premeditated terrorist act targeting ICE agents.

Marcos Antonio De Oliveira Barros, 57, was detained during a 5 a.m. ICE raid on September 24, 2025, for allegedly overstaying his tourist visa. His daughter Daianne, an American citizen, says her father had lived in the U.S. for nearly 20 years and attempted to secure legal status but was confused by language barriers when signing deportation papers. Marcos has been held at multiple detention facilities and transferred to Louisiana before being moved to Broward Transitional Center in Florida, where his daughter has filed an I-130 petition to help initiate his green card process.

Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, a 31-year-old immigrant from Mexico detained at a Dallas ICE facility, was critically injured in a shooting on September 24, 2025, and remains on life support. His wife, Stephany Gauffeny, spoke to NPR about her husband's character and the impact of the incident on their family of five children, with another on the way. The shooter, identified as Joshua Jahn, died of self-inflicted wounds after targeting the ICE facility.

Victor Acurio Suárez, a 52-year-old Ecuadorian man with developmental disabilities living in Seaford, Delaware, has been detained at an ICE facility in Pennsylvania for three months following his arrest in a Lowe's parking lot. Governor Matt Meyer called for his immediate release and asylum. Suárez has no criminal history and has a credible fear of gang violence if deported to Ecuador.

Young children were left unattended on the side of the road after ICE agents detained their parents and an older sibling during an enforcement action in Cicero, Illinois.

Ismael Ayala-Uribe, a 39-year-old Mexican national and former DACA recipient, died on September 22, 2025, while in ICE custody at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center. He was arrested by ICE/Border Patrol agents on August 17, 2025, during an enforcement operation at Fountain Valley Auto Wash and transferred to Adelanto on August 22. During his detention, Ayala-Uribe reported illness symptoms including cough, fever, shaking, and pain for approximately two weeks. On September 19, medical staff evaluated him for a potential life-threatening emergency but cleared him to return to his unit after 1.5 hours without hospitalization. He was admitted to Victor Valley Global Medical Center on September 21 for evaluation of an abscess and hypertension, and was pronounced dead early on September 22. His family alleged inadequate medical care during detention, and the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department initiated an investigation into the cause of death.

Marwan Marouf, a community leader in North Texas who has served the Muslim community for 30 years, was arrested by ICE on September 22, 2025, the same day his green card application was denied. He was transferred to Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson. His green card application denial relied on allegations from over a decade ago. The Muslim Legal Fund of America is challenging the denial in immigration and federal court.

Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old East Bay resident who had lived legally in the United States for 33 years with no criminal record, was detained by ICE for 15 days after a routine check-in on September 8 and deported to India on September 22. During her detention at facilities in Bakersfield and Georgia, Kaur reported being denied basic hygiene supplies, vegetarian meals consistent with her Sikh faith, water to take with her medication, and was forced to sleep on detention cell floors. Her attorney claimed ICE deported her without notice and ignored family requests for a brief release with monitoring or commercial flight accompaniment due to her age and medical conditions.

The Department of Homeland Security subpoenaed activist Sherman Austin and social media accounts associated with Stop ICE, a crowdsourced alert network documenting immigration enforcement activities, after they posted a video of a Border Patrol agent in February 2025. DHS alleged the post constituted doxing and violated officer safety protocols. Austin and civil liberties lawyers representing him argue the information was publicly available and that the post is protected speech under the First Amendment.

A 26-year-old San Jose woman learned of her pregnancy and miscarriage in a Central California immigrant detention facility.

A San Diego family's parents were ordered removed to Mexico on September 22, 2025, after an eight-year legal battle that began with their detention in May 2017. The parents worked as a paletero and had lived in the community for nearly thirty years. Their adult children have organized a fundraiser to support their parents' transition to Mexico.