Immigration enforcement incidents in California

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

• Rideshare driver detained at Camp Pendleton gate despite valid work permit

  Aug 23, 2026 · Oceanside, CA

• Mexican father arrested by ICE during morning walk in Redondo Beach

  Aug 22, 2026 · Redondo Beach, CA

• Man deported to Mexico after 30 years in the US finds refuge in 'Little LA'

  Aug 21, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Oceanside man killed in Tijuana months after ICE deportation

  Aug 21, 2026 · Oceanside, CA

• ICE says San Diego County blocked agents from routine training facilities

  Aug 20, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Bangladeshi woman denied medication in ICE custody, now pushes for reform bill

  Aug 20, 2026 · California City, CA

• Judge appoints monitors after migrant children held far past legal detention limit

  Aug 20, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Father self-deports after ICE detains wife, teen son dies of cancer

  Aug 19, 2026 · San Bernardino, CA

• DOJ moves to revive smuggling charges against wrongly deported Salvadoran man

  Aug 18, 2026 · Sacramento, CA

• DHS responds to county report on immigration detention surge

  Aug 18, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• L.A. family of green card holders detained for months over relative's 1979 role

  Aug 17, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• ICE agents descend on La Puente food stalls, but no workers detained

  Aug 14, 2026 · La Puente, CA

• ICE arrests of Asian Americans in California surged more than 1,000%, analysis finds

  Aug 14, 2026 · CA

• Armed ICE agents attempt warrantless entry into Sacramento immigration law firm

  Aug 14, 2026 · Sacramento, CA

• Federal judge poised to restrict warrantless immigration arrests in Los Angeles

  Aug 13, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Father detained by ICE on daughter's 8th grade graduation day, family separated

  Aug 13, 2026 · Bell Gardens, CA

• 362 previously deported migrants arrested in Operation Guardian Angel sweep across Southern California

  Aug 12, 2026 · Southern California, CA

• West Hollywood man detained by ICE during check-in, friends fear deportation to Guyana

  Aug 12, 2026 · West Hollywood, CA

• Indian national detained at Adelanto ICE facility seeks second emergency release order after dismissing prior case

  Aug 11, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Guatemalan teen sponsored by aunt detained by ICE outside his Daly City home

  Aug 10, 2026 · Daly City, CA

• Ravenswood parent detained, family chooses self-deportation together

  Aug 9, 2026 · Ravenswood, CA

• 373 car wash workers detained in ICE raids across Southern California, families separated

  Aug 9, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Car wash worker with U.S. citizen wife detained, loses job after business closure

  Aug 9, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Car wash worker Mario detained two months in ICE facility, fights deportation after release

  Aug 9, 2026 · Santa Ana, CA

• Detainee documents cockroach in Adelanto ICE cell, reports inhumane conditions

  Aug 8, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Detained migrants use constitutional remedy to challenge detention, avoid legal fees

  Aug 4, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Filipino father held over 400 days in ICE detention in Tacoma, WA

  Aug 4, 2026 · CA

• ICE detainee shows video of contaminated water with worms at California facility

  Aug 3, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Indian jazz guitarist arrested at LAX for visa overstay, held at Adelanto ICE facility

  Aug 2, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Immigration agent arrested for holding teenager at gunpoint in Riverside County

  Aug 2, 2026 · Temecula, CA

• Marine Veteran's Father Sues ICE and DHS for Deportation

  Aug 2, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Two migrants rescued from California desert heat, face removal

  Aug 1, 2026 · Jacumba, CA

• Man detained by ICE wins court order blocking removal while habeas petition proceeds

  Jul 31, 2026 · CA

• ICE coerced legal migrant into signing deportation waiver, judge rules

  Jul 31, 2026 · Oakland, CA

• Colombian asylum seeker detained at immigration court hearing, wins habeas petition

  Jul 31, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• 18-year-old forced into unmarked vehicle by masked agents in Glendale, California

  Jul 30, 2026 · Glendale, CA

• Hastily opened detention center faces lawsuits over conditions, medical neglect, solitary confinement

  Jul 30, 2026 · California City, CA

• ICE detention center implements controversial strip-search policy after physical visits

  Jul 30, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Mexican woman arrested at immigration office, detained in freezing California facility

  Jul 30, 2026 · Fresno, CA

• Ukrainian barista detained at SFO after 15 years, transferred to desert facility facing deportation to war zone

  July 30, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Asylum seeker married to Trump voter detained at Burbank airport, held 16 days

  Jul 29, 2026 · Burbank, CA

• Man injured in Northern California ICE shooting; family disputes gang allegations

  July 29, 2026 · Patterson, CA

• Husband and father Doy detained by ICE, facing deportation to Laos

  July 29, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Colombian woman detained at airport without hearing challenges ICE detention

  Jul 28, 2026 · Ontario, California

• Southern California DJ detained at Otay Mesa for nearly four months, alleges forced pregnancy tests and abuse

  Jul 28, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Adelanto detainees zip-tied, threatened with teargas after staging hunger strike

  Jul 28, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• California's largest ICE detention center fails to provide adequate medical care

  Jul 28, 2026 · California City, CA

• Nicaraguan asylum seeker detained at routine ICE check-in after 43 months on parole

  Jul 27, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Indian national detained by ICE wins right to bond hearing

  Jul 22, 2026 · Turlock, CA

• Indian national detained after immigration court removal order

  Jul 21, 2026 · Sacramento, CA

• More than 650 children detained in California under Trump enforcement crackdown

  Jul 21, 2026 · California, CA

• Canadian citizen detained, released, then re-detained after missing appeal deadline

  Jul 21, 2026 · California, CA

• Turkish national challenges re-detention after prior release, wins bond hearing

  Jul 20, 2026 · Bakersfield, CA

• Salvadoran man granted release after ICE re-detained him without hearing

  Jul 20, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Detained man returned from hospital early despite internal bleeding, advocacy group demands medical care

  Jul 18, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• El Salvador national detained by ICE in San Francisco without warrant presented

  Jul 17, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Two construction workers arrested in Cardiff by federal agents

  Jul 17, 2026 · Cardiff, CA

• Federal judge orders sweeping reforms at Adelanto ICE detention center over inhumane conditions

  Jul 17, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• 72-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker detained at airport, denied bond hearing for weeks

  Jul 14, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Self-represented immigrant seeks habeas corpus relief from ICE detention

  Jul 14, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Moroccan visa holder detained by ICE in Berkeley without city notice

  Jul 14, 2026 · Berkeley, CA

• Man on valid visa arrested during asylum interview, separated from spouse and children

  Jul 14, 2026 · Bakersfield, CA

• Chinese national re-detained at LAX after two years living lawfully in U.S.

  Jul 13, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Guatemalan day laborer killed by SUV while fleeing Home Depot ICE raid in California

  July 13, 2026 · Monrovia, CA

• Cuban man deported after 46 years in US, arrested at immigration check-in

  Jul 12, 2026 · California, CA

• Cannabis farmworker dies from 30-foot fall while fleeing ICE raid at California greenhouse

  Jul 12, 2026 · Camarillo, CA

• Immigration detainee wins habeas corpus case after re-detention

  Jul 11, 2026 · Fresno, CA

• Mexican detainee paid $1 daily to clean ICE facility, advocates say labor exploitation

  Jul 10, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Nicaraguan asylum applicant detained, court grants habeas petition

  Jul 9, 2026 · McFarland, CA

• Man arrested by ICE at Modesto courthouse before arraignment, criminal case stalled

  Jul 9, 2026 · Modesto, CA

• ICE agent caught on camera pepper spraying activists' car on freeway

  Jul 9, 2026 · Ventura, CA

• ICE arrests Mexican national in driveway without valid warrant

  Jul 9, 2026 · Redwood City, CA

• Trump administration accused of sharing Iranian asylum seekers' confidential data

  Jul 8, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Disabled carpenter beaten by ICE, shackled in hospital, deported after eight months in detention

  Jul 7, 2026 · Sunnyvale, CA

• Father detained by ICE, facing deportation to Mexico after 30 years

  July 7, 2026 · Lakeside, CA

• Community interpreter deported after 8 months in ICE detention, reunites with family in Kyrgyzstan

  Jul 6, 2026 · California City, CA

• 74-year-old grandfather detained by ICE on way to work in Riverside, family fundraises for bail

  Jul 6, 2026 · Riverside, CA

• Indian asylum seeker detained by ICE after local arrest granted bond hearing

  Jul 5, 2026 · California

• Father Ricardo detained by ICE on July 4th in San Bernardino County, family seeks legal support

  Jul 4, 2026 · Phelan, CA

• Indian national detained at ICE office during check-in appointment

  Jul 3, 2026 · McFarland, CA

• Noncitizen granted habeas corpus relief after challenging mandatory detention based on petty theft conviction

  Jul 3, 2026 · California City, CA

• Immigration protest organizer Jeane Wong sentenced to home detention after guilty plea in apartment complex incident

  Jul 1, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Protester accused of striking ICE agent during apartment complex operation, charge dismissed

  Jul 1, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Nigerian mother with withholding of removal arrested at ICE check-in, deported to Ghana and refouled to Nigeria

  Jul 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Mexican man detained by ICE after asylum application pending, seeks bond hearing

  Jul 1, 2026 · San Ysidro, CA

• Nicaraguan woman detained after appearing for routine ICE check-in appointment

  Jul 1, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Asylum seeker detained after ICE revokes release order at check-in

  Jul 1, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Mother detained by ICE while walking to store, family launches legal defense fundraiser

  Jul 1, 2026 · San Bernardino, CA

• Asylum Seeker Re-detained at ICE Check-in Despite Prior Release

  Jun 30, 2026 · Pittsburg, California

• Man re-detained by ICE nearly seven months after misdemeanor conviction wins release

  Jun 29, 2026 · California City, CA

• Immigration Detainee Challenges Unlawful Detention in Habeas Corpus Petition

  Jun 29, 2026 · California

• 18-year-old from El Salvador detained by ICE after seven years in U.S.

  Jun 29, 2026 · McFarland, CA

• Paroled Russian Asylum Seeker Detained Without Pre-Deprivation Hearing

  Jun 27, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Husband detained by ICE on way to work, family seeks legal support

  Jun 27, 2026 · Riverside, CA

• Man shot seven times by ICE, detained in solitary with untreated wounds, whereabouts unknown during medical appointment

  Jun 27, 2026 · Patterson, CA

• Father detained by ICE on way to work, family seeks legal help to prevent deportation

  Jun 26, 2026 · Pomona, CA

• ICE Agents Conduct Warrantless Arrests Without Flight Risk Assessment

  Jun 26, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• High school honors graduate detained at asylum appointment, released after 3 weeks

  Jun 26, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• ICE Detainee Challenges Bond Hearing Denial in Habeas Petition

  Jun 25, 2026 · California City, CA

• Asylum seeker detained 2 years exposes ICE abuse through LA Times op-ed, files habeas petitions

  Jun 25, 2026 · California City, CA