Immigration enforcement incidents in Arizona

153 documented incidents in Arizona in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• Medical examiner identifies skeletal remains found in Pima County desert

  Aug 21, 2026 · Pima County, AZ

• Ecuadorian woman detained by ICE at Phoenix airport despite marriage to US citizen

  Aug 19, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Man detained over a year in Arizona ICE facility says he can no longer walk

  Aug 18, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• Pregnant Venezuelan woman detained by Border Patrol in Tucson traffic stop

  Aug 18, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• Detained Arizona father says he can't walk, fears he won't survive ICE custody

  Aug 16, 2026 · Gilbert, AZ

• ICE arrests three men in traffic stop on Gila River tribal land

  Aug 15, 2026 · Gila River Indian Community, AZ

• Guillermo Perez Ayala, 52, abandoned in Arizona desert during border crossing attempt

  Aug 14, 2026 · Naco, AZ

• Trump administration targets immigration judges for removal, accelerates deportations

  Aug 10, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Activists occupy ancient border tree to block CBP wall construction in Arizona

  Aug 4, 2026 · Lochiel, AZ

• Ana Granados Sanchez deported with medical tube attached, against hospital orders

  Aug 3, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• Tucson man detained by ICE, family faces financial hardship

  Aug 2, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• Oakland woman detained in Phoenix airport while awaiting asylum decision

  July 30, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Tucson mother of three detained by ICE agents near courthouse after hearing

  Jul 29, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• Russian asylum seeker Vlad deported to Moscow after missing hearing, feared conscription

  Jul 20, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• Asylum-seeking teen fled cartel threats, faced months in detention shelters

  Jul 14, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• Cuban detainee deported to Ecuador after hunger strikes, alleges ICE silencing

  Jul 13, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• Father detained by ICE in Arizona parking lot, leaving wife and three children including autistic son

  Jul 10, 2026 · Mesa, AZ

• Asylum seeker detained in Arizona fears for his life amid measles outbreak

  Jul 9, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• 16-year-old Micaela Mendez abandoned in Arizona desert during migration, cousin detained

  Jul 8, 2026 · Sasabe, AZ

• Seven detainees confirmed with measles at Arizona ICE facility, Democrats demand answers

  Jul 7, 2026 · Arizona, AZ

• Venezuelan woman with valid TPS detained 9 months despite DHS acknowledgment of legal status

  Jul 7, 2026 · Arizona, AZ

• Pregnant Colombian woman struck by Border Patrol agent, hospitalized

  Jul 2, 2026 · Douglas, AZ

• Driver pulled over, border patrol swarms vehicle on I-10, passenger detained

  Jun 27, 2026 · Salomé, AZ

• People stopped in Arizona desert encounter Border Patrol agents in alleged aggressive arrest

  Jun 27, 2026 · Salome, AZ

• Father detained by ICE for eight months, separated from five children

  Jun 21, 2026 · Eloy, AZ

• Venezuelan asylum seeker detained despite valid Temporary Protected Status

  Jun 20, 2026 · Eloy, AZ

• Tohono O'odham Nation sues Trump administration over border wall on tribal lands

  Jun 17, 2026 · AZ

• Tempe teen and mother detained by ICE, released after 20 days in Texas facility

  Jun 17, 2026 · Tempe, AZ

• Arizona ICE detention facility conditions called 'deplorable' in new report

  Jun 16, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• Migrant abandoned in Arizona desert, search group seeks information

  Jun 7, 2026 · AZ

• Kitchen manager Diego Armando Gonzalez-Rosales sentenced to five months in prison.

  Jun 5, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Pregnant Honduran woman hospitalized multiple times in ICE custody

  Jun 2026 · San Miguel, AZ

• Bank worker Jose Ortega detained by ICE, family seeks legal funds

  May 31, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Indian asylum seeker re-detained without hearing after three years of release

  May 28, 2026 · Douglas, AZ

• Arizona charges 299 people for immigration crimes in week-long operation

  May 28, 2026 · AZ

• Mother and 14-year-old son detained by ICE, transported to Texas facility

  May 28, 2026 · Tempe, AZ

• DACA recipient Karla Toledo detained without warrant, released after community pressure; DHS files new case

  May 25, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• DHS denies overcrowding, broken toilets at Mesa ICE facility

  May 23, 2026 · Mesa, AZ

• Arizona teen protests ICE detention facility planned near her school

  May 18, 2026 · Surprise, AZ

• Uncle and aunt detained at ICE check-in despite decades of compliance, held four months

  May 17, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• Cancer patient detained over a year at Arizona ICE facility as health deteriorates, lawmakers and advocates demand release

  May 15, 2026 · Eloy, AZ

• ICE pepper-sprayed 47 detainees in overcrowded Mesa facility

  May 13, 2026 · Mesa, AZ

• 30 Indian nationals arrested for illegal work as truck drivers in Arizona operation

  May 11, 2026 · Yuma, AZ

• Phoenix man faces denaturalization for allegedly concealing criminal history during naturalization

  May 10, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Padres prospect self-deports to Mexico after pleading guilty to transporting undocumented immigrants

  May 10, 2026 · Lukeville, AZ

• Three men arrested in north Phoenix human smuggling operation investigation.

  May 10, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Asylum seeker held over seven months after electing self-deportation to wrong country

  May 7, 2026 · Arizona, LA

• ICE contracts firm accused of torture to track undocumented children

  May 6, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Five arrested in Phoenix smuggling operation holding migrants in stash houses

  Apr 30, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Jesus Marin-Esquivel Arrested in Phoenix Immigration-Related Investigation

  Apr 30, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Queer woman with leukemia detained by ICE for over a year with deteriorating health

  Apr 28, 2026 · Nogales, AZ

• Five people indicted in Arizona migrant smuggling operation

  Apr 28, 2026 · Cordes Lakes, AZ

• Phoenix resident deported after 18 years; now in migrant shelter in Mexico

  Apr 27, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Arizona residents protest planned ICE facility in Surprise amid legal challenge

  Apr 26, 2026 · Surprise, AZ

• Ecuadorian asylum-seeker detained five months, abandoned case under third-country deportation policy

  Apr 16, 2026 · Eloy, AZ

• Congressional visit documents severe overcrowding at Mesa ICE facility with 250 detainees

  Apr 10, 2026 · Mesa, AZ

• Bolivian torture survivor twice detained, nearly deported to Congo despite court protection

  Apr 8, 2026 · Arizona

• Observer pepper-sprayed by masked ICE agent while documenting enforcement action

  Apr 6, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• DNA archive for identifying missing migrants goes missing

  Apr 2, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• Medical Neglect in ICE Detention Facilities Arizona

  Mar 16, 2026 · Arizona, United States

• Zimbabwean woman lured to airport gate, detained by ICE agents, sues United

  Mar 15, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Arizona federal prosecutors charge 374 in two-week immigration enforcement sweep

  Mar 13, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Trans organizer detained by ICE denied hormone therapy, medical neglect

  Mar 9, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Trans organizer detained at ICE check-in, held in men's facility despite advocacy work

  Mar 9, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Arizona feds charge 197 people for immigration-related crimes

  Mar 7, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Legal immigrants issued 100+ citations for not carrying documents in Arizona

  Mar 4, 2026 · Yuma, AZ

• Haitian asylum seeker dies from untreated tooth infection in ICE custody

  Mar 2, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• ICE pepper sprayed 30 detainees at Mesa facility, one suffered seizure

  Feb 27, 2026 · Mesa, AZ

• Arizona father of disabled daughters deported despite judge's praise for work ethic

  Feb 17, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Green card holder Maher Awad deported on private jet to West Bank, leaving newborn son in Michigan

  Feb 5, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• U.S. citizen threatened ICE agents at home, husband detained and facing deportation to Iran despite execution risk

  Feb 2026 · Tempe, AZ

• Son acquitted of assault after shielding father during ICE arrest, faces deportation

  Jan 29, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Father deported after ICE stop at Home Depot, injured during arrest

  Jan 29, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Teen becomes caregiver after parents detained by ICE

  Jan 28, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• ICE agent pepper-sprays protesters during Zipps Sports Grill raid

  Jan 27, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• City of Tucson employee briefly questioned by ICE agents

  Jan 23, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• Three Venezuelan asylum seekers arrested in front of elementary school

  Jan 23, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• US citizen detained by ICE after altercation at Phoenix protest

  Jan 22, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• ICE agent breaks truck window during detention on south side

  Jan 18, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• Mexican woman arrested by ICE in Cottonwood Safeway parking lot

  Jan 14, 2026 · Cottonwood, AZ

• Navajo man detained by ICE despite showing multiple IDs

  Jan 12, 2026 · Peoria, AZ

• Bisexual Ghanaian woman granted withholding of removal shackled and deported to Cameroon after ICE officer denied her fear interview

  Jan 2026 · Eloy, AZ

• 71-year-old great-grandmother detained 10 months after restaurant raid while owners remain free

  Jan 2026 · Arizona, AZ

• DACA mom detained by ICE while Christmas shopping in Phoenix, lawmakers call for release

  Dec 31, 2025 · Arizona

• Woman detained in Eloy over medical neglect exposure

  Dec 21, 2025 · Eloy, AZ

• 3-year-old unaccompanied minor appears in immigration court without attorney

  Dec 9, 2025 · Tucson, AZ

• Syrian man released from ICE detention after year despite winning case

  Dec 9, 2025 · Eloy, AZ

• Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed during ICE raid

  Dec 5, 2025 · Tucson, AZ

• ICE Pepper-Sprays Arizona Rep. Adelita Grijalva During Tucson Protest

  Dec 5, 2025 · Tucson, AZ

• New jaguar identified as DHS plans border wall

  Dec 4, 2025 · Arizona-Sonora border, Arizona

• New border wall construction threatens San Rafael Valley wildlife

  Nov 25, 2025 · San Rafael Valley, AZ

• ICE Holds Landscaper Facing Deportation After Two Weeks

  Nov 20, 2025 · Phoenix, AZ

• Federal Court Orders Release of Georgian Asylum Seeker from ICE Detention

  Nov 12, 2025 · San Luis, Arizona

• Pregnant woman miscarries in ICE detention after staff denied pregnancy

  Nov 1, 2025 · Eloy, AZ

• Family in dark after ICE agent shoots man in Phoenix

  Oct 31, 2025 · Phoenix, AZ

• ICE arrests Avondale man after hours-long standoff at home

  Oct 24, 2025 · Avondale, AZ

• ICE Claims Immigrant Rammed Car, Witnesses Dispute

  Oct 22, 2025 · Avondale, Arizona

• UA student detained by ICE speaks out on treatment

  Oct 21, 2025 · Tucson, AZ

• Arizona man detained by ICE while traveling to work

  Oct 21, 2025 · Mesa, AZ

• ICE deports migrants to Africa from Mesa airport for $10,000 per flight

  Oct 13, 2025 · Mesa, AZ