Yunseo C.: Permanent resident Columbia student pursued by ICE over pro-Palestine protestYunseo Chung, 21, a Columbia undergraduate and permanent resident, was pursued by ICE after a pro-Palestine protest arrest; a judge barred her arrest while her free-speech suit proceeds.Jun 5, 2025·New York, NY·South Korea·Korean Quarterly+1📦,CourtListener+1,Seattle Times📦,LCCR SF📦,ABC News📦,Law & Crime📦
24-year-old transgender asylum seeker detained by ICE outside Portland Immigration CourtA 24-year-old transgender asylum seeker from Mexico, who fled rape and cartel threats, was detained outside a Portland courtroom in June 2025 after a hearing, with no lawyer present.Jun 2, 2025·Portland, OR·Mexico·OPB+1📦
Marisol O.V.: Trans woman alleges medical neglect and assault during ICE detentionMarisol Ordonez Vargas, a transgender woman from Central America, says she was denied toilet paper and care for a broken nose during a month in ICE custody, and was sexually assaulted.Apr 30, 2025·Them📦,Assigned Media📦,CourtListener,National Police Accountability
Houstonian fleeing Honduras persecution detained by ICEA Houston man who fled Honduras over threats tied to his sexual orientation was detained by ICE, prompting political groups to speak out against his detention.Social media onlyApr 16, 2025·Houston, TX·Honduras·Instagram📦
Tarlis B.G.: Trans asylum seeker sent to Guantánamo by ICE, housed with menTarlis Marcone De Barros Gonçalves, a transgender Brazilian asylum seeker, says she was housed with five men and searched by male guards after being flown to Guantánamo Bay, then shackled painfully during a transfer flight.Feb 15, 2025·NM·Brazil·Them📦,Center for Constitutional Rights📦,Triangle Free Press,CourtListener,The Free Radical
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
