HUMSI — Human Security Initiative

Human Impact Project

A living database documenting reported immigration enforcement incidents and their human impact.

Teacher or coach

Teachers and coaches detained or deported

Reported cases describe teachers, coaches, and professors detained by ICE or Border Patrol at airports, traffic stops, school dismissals, and routine check-ins across states including California, Texas, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and New York. Several were held for weeks or months at facilities like Adelanto, Moshannon Valley, Dilley, and Fort Bliss despite green cards, work permits, or pending asylum claims; some report physical force or solitary confinement. First documented May 2025, recurring since July 2025, peaking in share of reported stories in November 2025, with a roughly steady share since.

First documented May 2025, recurring since Jul 2025.

Share of each month's well-documented stories, Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Volume is not shown: coverage grew over the record, shares did not have to.

36 stories in 15 states. What accompanies this practice →

“It was a federal invasion and terror campaign on our streets. The behavior of these masked thugs was horrific … they were ripping human beings out of families.”

— Erik Davis. Erik Davis, a college professor detained by ICE, describes the federal immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities. read the story →

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