Jose and Josue: Brothers deported at ICE check-in, leaving mother and nonverbal U.S. citizen brotherAlma Lopez Diaz's sons Jose, 20, and Josue, 19, were detained and deported to El Salvador during a routine ICE check-in, separating them from their mother and 8-year-old brother with Moebius syndrome.Mar 12, 2025·New York, NY·El Salvador·CBS News📦,New York Magazine📦,Page📦,Hero Luigi📦,Documented📦
Boun M.: Lao refugee detained after 30 years of routine ICE check-insBoun Morisath, a Bremerton father and longtime lawful permanent resident, was detained in March 2025 during a routine check-in he had completed without issue for 30 years. He remains held at a Tacoma processing center.Mar 11, 2025·Tukwila, WA·Laos·KGW📦,Kitsap Sun📦,Dioknoed📦,CourtListener
Oscar: Husband detained at green card interview, deported to Honduras family fledA husband was detained at his Green Card interview and deported to Honduras, the country he and his wife, an activist who received death threats, had fled. His wife, a mother of four, later rejoined him there.Mar 2025·Broward County, FL·Honduras·The Guardian📦,WLRN📦,WUSF📦,WSVN📦
Pittsfield Cuban man checking in with ICE since 2019 fears third-country deportationA Cuban man living in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, has checked in with ICE regularly since 2019 under a 2017 deportation order naming Cuba. A sudden early check-in in March 2025 raised fears he could be sent to a third country instead.Mar 1, 2025·Pittsfield, MA·Cuba·WGBH📦
Jorge R.M.: Mexican father of four deported after being shuttled across five statesJorge Reyes Medina, a Mexican father of four, was arrested in Baltimore and shuttled through five states despite a judge's order to return him for a bond hearing. He was deported on June 23, 2025.Mar 2025·Baltimore, MD·Mexico·The Banner📦,PACER Monitor
Wendy B.: Louisiana mother detained 200 miles from home after routine ICE check-inWendy Brito, a Salvadoran asylum-seeker, mother of three and school volunteer who has lived near New Orleans for 15 years, was detained at a routine check-in and is now held 200 miles from her children.March 2025·Basile, LA·El Salvador·The Independent📦,NewsWav,El Risala📦,Earthlings,Molly Strongheart
Val: Baltimore father deported by ICE, leaving 7-year-old son behindVal, a Mexican national, was detained at a routine check-in and deported in March, leaving his 7-year-old son Alex and partner Renee behind in Baltimore amid a 165% surge in Maryland ICE arrests.Mar 1, 2025·Baltimore, MD·Mexico·CBS News📦,The Banner📦,WBALtv📦,GoFundMe📦
Guatemalan man deported by ICE against judge's order brought backA 33-year-old Guatemalan man was returned to the U.S. in June 2025 after being unlawfully deported to Mexico despite a judge's order barring his removal. A federal judge called the deportation "blatant lawlessness."Feb 22, 2025·El Paso, TX·Guatemala·Reuters📦,CBS News📦,NBC News,New York Post📦,NTD,Instagram📦
Sering C.: Gambian man with heart conditions suffers stroke-like syndrome after ICE denies medicationsA Gambian man with serious heart conditions was shackled and held at a New York facility, going two weeks without his heart medication before suffering a stroke-like episode. A judge ordered his release.Feb 19, 2025·New York, NY·Gambia·The Intercept📦,Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights📦,Central Current📦
Franco C.T.: Asylum seeker detained at ICE check-in, deported to Salvadoran prison without noticeFranco Jose Caraballo Tiapa, a 26-year-old Venezuelan barber seeking asylum, was detained at a routine ICE check-in and deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison without notifying his family or lawyers.Feb 3, 2025·Venezuela·CBS News+1📦,Woke Dissident📦,Yaracuy al Día📦
Trans-Latina advocate lured to ICE office, denied care and deported to MexicoA trans-Latina community organizer and 2024 human rights award recipient was lured to an ICE office with promises of leniency, detained, allegedly mistreated, then deported to Mexico, a country she had never lived in.February 2025·New Orleans, LA·ACLU📦,WWNO📦,Institute for Policy Studies,LinkedIn
Transgender woman married to U.S. citizen sent by ICE to all-male facilityA transgender woman married to a U.S. citizen was detained at a routine probation check-in and sent to an all-male Miami facility despite her passport listing her as female; her location is now unknown.February 2025·Maryland·ACLU📦,WMAR 2 News📦,The Baltimore Banner,Baltimore Fishbowl,Local 10
Diabetic British man with heart disease denied medications in ICE detention, collapsesA 56-year-old British man with diabetes, pancreatitis and heart disease was shackled for hours and denied consistent medication across three Florida facilities, later collapsing and being hospitalized under a false name.February 2025·Miami, FL·United Kingdom·Human Rights Watch📦
Flora: Venezuelan asylum seeker held by ICE two months, apart from young childrenFlora, a Venezuelan trafficking survivor with an active asylum claim, was detained at a check-in and sent 1,200 miles to Louisiana, separated from her two young children for two months.Jan 30, 2025·DMV, VA·Venezuela·The Guardian,The Cut📦
Giovanni C.R.: Man in U.S. over four years detained at routine ICE check-inA noncitizen who had lived in the U.S. over four years was detained at a routine check-in and ordered deported to Ecuador. A court later ordered his immediate release.Jan 2025·Laredo, TX·Ecuador·CourtListener
