Qing W.: Chinese truck driver and father detained by ICE at weigh stationA Chinese truck driver with a wife and child and no criminal history was detained at a weigh station after two years in the U.S. A court ordered him a bond hearing within seven days.Feb 8, 2026·Between Texas and New Mexico·China·CourtListener📦
Amalia: 18-month-old hospitalized with respiratory failure in ICE detentionAn 18-month-old Venezuelan girl, detained with her parents who fled persecution, was hospitalized over a week with respiratory failure and COVID-19 before the family was released after two months.Feb 7, 2026·Dilley, TX·Venezuela·NBC News+2📦,The Marshall Project📦,The Mirror,Kravi,Cure on Time,The Independent,Instagram📦
Amalia: 18-month-old girl hospitalized with pneumonia, denied medications in ICE detentionAmalia, 18 months old, was hospitalized 10 days with pneumonia, COVID-19 and RSV after her family's arrest at a routine check-in, then had her prescribed medications confiscated at Dilley.Feb 7, 2026·Dilley, TX·Mexico·Reuters📦,NBC News+1📦,The Independent📦,CRBC News📦,The Mirror📦,WHIO📦,Anadolu Agency📦,Medbound Times📦,MS Now📦,Kravi,AOL📦,The Marshall Project📦,People's World📦,Instagram📦
Seven held by ICE in North Dakota under new no-bond policySeven people filed emergency petitions in North Dakota courts challenging a policy denying bond hearings, amid a 75% rise in ICE detentions; two were released.Feb 6, 2026·Bismarck, ND·North Dakota Monitor📦,KVRR📦,KSJB AM📦
Elizabeth Z.C. and Rosa Elena C.C.: 10-year-old girl detained by ICE, taken 1,200 miles to TexasElizabeth Zuna Caisaguano, 10, was taken with her mother on the way to her school bus and held a month in Texas before a judge blocked their deportation and freed them.Feb 6, 2026·Columbia Heights, MN·Ecuador·CBS News+1📦,The Guardian📦,Sahan Journal+1,Newz9,CNN📦,ABC 17 News📦,Madison365📦,Mahomet Daily📦,KESQ📦,KSTP📦,Kaizen📦,CRBC News📦,Quanto Sei News📦,U.S. News & World Report📦,The Star,Instagram📦
Juan David Q.: Massachusetts father with pending visa held by ICE nearly two monthsJuan David Quichimbo, an Ecuadorian father in Springfield, Massachusetts, has been held for nearly two months despite a pending visa application as a trafficking victim, with no criminal record.Feb 6, 2026·Springfield, MA·Ecuador·WGBH📦,Register-Guard📦,WDTN📦,WAMC📦
Four men who checked in for years re-detained by ICE at AngolaFour men who had lived in their communities for years while checking in with ICE were re-detained in summer 2025 and held at Angola prison. A federal judge ordered their immediate release.Feb 6, 2026·Baton Rouge, LA·NIPNLG📦,Vasquez Law NC📦,WAFB
Four immigrants detained by ICE in West Virginia without explanation or hearingFour immigrants detained during a January West Virginia ICE operation were ordered released by federal judges who found they were held without explanation or a hearing. The operation led to 650 arrests, with 15 detainees seeking release so far.Feb 5, 2026·WV·Mountain State Spotlight📦,My Buckhannon📦,100 Days in Appalachia📦
Brenda O.B.: Peruvian asylum seeker married to U.S. citizen detained at ICE check-inA 22-year-old Peruvian woman who fled death threats in 2022 and married a U.S. citizen was detained at a routine check-in despite no warning. A judge ordered the government to give her a bond hearing or release her.Feb 5, 2026·Frankfort, IN·Peru·CourtListener📦
Fouad A.: Eritrean imam dies after 215 days in ICE detentionFouad Saeed Abdulkadir, a 46-year-old green card holder and respected imam from Eritrea, died in Pennsylvania ICE custody after more than seven months, despite seeking release through the courts.Feb 4, 2026·Kreamer, PA·Eritrea·Newsweek,WPSU Radio📦,WJAC-TV📦,Physicians for Human Rights📦,PACER Monitor,CAIR Cleveland📦,hizb.us,buen-vecino.org,Instagram📦
Juan Antonio M.T.: Pastor arrested in traffic stop while driving to work in MarylandPastor Juan Antonio Maya Torres, an evangelism director and deacon, was arrested during a traffic stop while driving to work in Maryland. A federal court ordered his release and a bond hearing.Feb 4, 2026·MD·Newsweek📦,MidPage
Valentina T.R.: Detained woman with growing abdominal mass denied urgent ultrasound in OklahomaValentina Timaran Restrepo, held at an Oklahoma detention facility since a routine check-in, developed a painful, growing mass after recent surgeries. Staff ordered an urgent ultrasound but told her it could take a month.Feb 4, 2026·Watonga, OK·Colombia·EXA📦,International Business Times📦,The Oklahoman,Instagram📦
Melissa T.: Maryland mother shackled for 80 hours before deportation flight to VietnamMelissa Tran, a Vietnamese refugee and former health care worker in Maryland, was shackled for about 80 hours, including 10 without food or water, before being deported to Vietnam in November 2025.Feb 4, 2026·Baltimore, MD·Vietnam·CBS News+3📦,Newsweek📦,USA Today,Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,The Banner,Raw Story📦,Savannah Now📦,News Journos📦,Journal Sentinel,Instagram📦
Burmese refugee mother with heart disease arrested by ICE while breastfeedingTa Eh Doh Lah, a Burmese refugee mother of four with a heart condition, was arrested while breastfeeding her baby and sent to Texas; a judge ordered her released and returned to Minnesota.Feb 3, 2026·Minnesota·Burma·NextShark📦,KGW📦,CourtListener+1,Instagram📦
Flora: Venezuelan asylum seeker detained at ICE check-in, separated from two young childrenA Venezuelan trafficking survivor known as 'Flora' (a pseudonym) was arrested at a routine ICE check-in despite pending asylum and trafficking visa applications. She remains held in Louisiana, separated from her two young children, now cared for by church volunteers.Feb 1, 2026·MD·Venezuela·International Business Times📦,Latin Times📦
Omar R.J.: Rochester restaurant founder lured to ICE office to install app, detainedOmar Ramos Jimenez, 50, co-founder of Rochester's La Casa restaurant and resident since 2004, was lured to an ICE office under a false pretext and remains held after a judge denied his release.Feb 1, 2026·Rochester, NY·Mexico·New York Immigration Coalition📦,WXXI News+2📦,Rochester First📦,13WHAM📦,Spectrum Local News📦,Instagram📦
Three men arrested by ICE in mistaken identity operation in Staten IslandThree men in Staten Island, including a father of two U.S. citizen children who had lived here nearly two decades, were wrongly arrested in a stakeout for other targets.Feb 2026·Port Richmond, NY·Guatemala·The Guardian📦
Andy S.: Indonesian man detained at airport without explanation after 18 years of complianceAn Indonesian man who had complied with a supervision order for nearly 18 years was detained at an airport without explanation. A court ordered his immediate release after he challenged the detention.Feb 2026·Adelanto, CA·Indonesia·CourtListener📦
Lily: Three-year-old separated at border held over five months in shelterLily, a three-year-old separated from her family at the border, was held in a South Texas shelter for over five months before a habeas filing freed her, reuniting her with her father.Jan 31, 2026·South Texas·ABC News📦,Instagram📦
Alberto C.M.: Mexican roofer suffers skull fractures and brain hemorrhages in ICE custodyAlberto Castañeda Mondragón, a 31-year-old roofer and business owner supporting a daughter in Mexico, suffered eight skull fractures in ICE custody; a judge ordered his release and the FBI is investigating.Jan 31, 2026·St. Paul, MN·Mexico·CBS News📦,Los Angeles Times📦,Associated Press,CourtListener+1📦,Sahan Journal+1📦,Star Tribune📦,Post Bulletin📦,Winnipeg Free Press📦,Info News,KRIS TV📦,KTVQ📦,ABC7 Chicago📦,KSBY📦,Instagram+1📦
