Immigration enforcement incidents in Colorado

90 documented incidents in Colorado in the Human Impact Project database. View all on the interactive map.

• Woman held six weeks after ICE arrest at Denver airport over unclear deportation order

  August 18, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Mexican man arrested by ICE at Denver airport while boarding flight to California

  Aug 13, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Court Orders Release of SIJS Petitioner from Immigration Detention

  Aug 2, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Community member detained by ICE at Denver DMV while applying for driver's license

  Jul 22, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Ecuadorian au pair detained by plainclothes ICE agents at Denver airport jet bridge

  Jul 21, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Woman protester shot in foot by detention center employee at Aurora ICE facility

  Jul 18, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Denise Epieyu detained by ICE en route to work, family launches legal defense fundraiser

  Jul 18, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Immigration detainee files habeas corpus petition from Aurora ICE facility

  Jul 16, 2026 · Aurora, Colorado

• Father detained by ICE after local custody release, asylum case pending

  July 14, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• 12 detainees contract tuberculosis at Colorado ICE facility, quarantined without air conditioning

  Jul 14, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Father arrested by ICE at gas station, daughter says he sought American Dream

  Jul 9, 2026 · Colorado Springs, CO

• Mexican national detained at Denver airport after 22 years in US wins habeas release

  Jul 3, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Peruvian asylum seeker with two US citizen children detained by ICE at DMV, wins release

  Jul 1, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Man held 8 months without bond ordered released after court rejects ICE detention policy

  Jul 1, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Venezuelan asylum applicant arrested at ICE check-in appointment

  Jun 29, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Tuberculosis case confirmed at Aurora ICE facility; health officials denied access for investigation

  Jun 25, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Noncitizen seeks habeas corpus relief from Colorado detention facility

  Jun 23, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Mother detained by ICE while dropping sister at school, family left without support

  Jun 22, 2026 · Federal Heights, CO

• Detained immigrant challenges removal order and detention conditions

  Jun 10, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Colombian man detained one night in apparent ICE error while attending monitor check-in

  May 25, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Jose detained by ICE without warrant in front of daughter on school run

  May 21, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Colorado Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction on ICE Warrantless Arrests

  May 18, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Federal judge orders ICE to retrain officers after finding repeated violations of arrest rules

  May 15, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Court Orders ICE to Follow Flight-Risk Requirements in Arrests

  May 13, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Noncitizen Detained at Denver Immigration Facility Files Habeas Corpus Petition

  May 12, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Juan Benitez-Ortega deported two weeks before Colorado court arraignment.

  May 12, 2026 · Colorado, CO

• Man with dementia released from ICE detention, lost for hours in Denver

  May 11, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• ICE deportations disrupt criminal cases, prosecutors say

  May 7, 2026 · Saguache County, CO

• Mexican citizen detained by ICE after petty offense arrest in Colorado

  May 5, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Pregnant Venezuelan mother self-deports with three sons after husband detained, family loses home

  May 5, 2026 · Centennial, CO

• Single mother reconsiders self-deportation, chooses to stay with children and dog

  May 4, 2026 · Centennial, CO

• Noncitizen Detained at ICE Denver Facility Despite Immigration Judge Bond Order

  May 1, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Noncitizen Re-detained by ICE After 2 Years Without Notice or Hearing

  May 1, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Noncitizen Detained at ICE Denver Facility Seeks Release Through Habeas Petition

  Apr 30, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Man detained 127 days across five facilities, released with no documents, relies on nonprofit

  Apr 29, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Egyptian family detained 323 days, re-arrested after court-ordered release, freed mid-deportation

  Apr 27, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Fundraiser for Detained Elderly Cuban Man's Legal Defense

  Apr 22, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Judge again blocks Polis from complying with ICE subpoena for migrant sponsors' data

  Apr 21, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Immigration detainees held days after judge orders release

  Apr 13, 2026 · Denver, CO

• 4,750 undocumented immigrants arrested and deported in Colorado during Trump's first year

  Apr 6, 2026 · Colorado

• Man detained by ICE after 25 years in US with citizen family

  Apr 3, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Colorado federal court grants habeas petition in immigration detention case

  Mar 12, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Over 3,000 migrants held in Colorado ICE facilities for weeks beyond legal limits

  Mar 11, 2026 · Colorado, CO

• Undocumented immigrants held in undisclosed Colorado ICE detention facilities

  Mar 3, 2026 · Colorado

• Asylum seeker re-detained at ICE check-in after months of release

  Mar 1, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Approximately 2,800 detainees held in Colorado ICE hold rooms, shuttled through multi-state detention network

  Mar 2026 · CO

• ICE agents leave ace of spades cards during Colorado traffic stop detentions

  Jan 31, 2026 · Eagle County, CO

• Man detained 18 years in US wins court order for bond hearing after ICE detention

  Jan 20, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• ICE detention in Mancos sparks protest; federal agents use pepper spray on demonstrators

  Jan 3, 2026 · Mancos, CO

• ICE protests return to Durango with pepper spray

  Jan 2, 2026 · Durango, CO

• Father of 22 years arrested by ICE on New Year's Eve while driving home from gym

  Jan 1, 2026 · Durango, CO

• Denver Bassist Held in ICE Custody for Over Month

  Dec 23, 2025 · Colorado Springs, CO

• Venezuelan man arrested by ICE after unlawful humanitarian parole termination

  Dec 1, 2025 · Denver, CO

• Purple Heart Iraq veteran deported to Mexico after citizenship application lost, rejected by Venezuela

  Nov 14, 2025 · Denver, CO

• Venezuelan father arrested at ICE appointment, detained for months, family later self-deports

  Nov 2025 · Centennial, CO

• Venezuelan husband detained at routine ICE appointment, separated from pregnant wife and children

  Nov 2025 · Centennial, CO

• Colombian asylum-seeker and two children detained by ICE; hundreds protest as agents use pepper spray and rubber bullets

  Oct 31, 2025 · Durango, CO

• Protest at Durango ICE facility after father and children detained

  Oct 29, 2025 · Durango, Colorado

• Masked Officer Throws Protester Down Hill Outside Colorado ICE Facility

  Oct 28, 2025 · Durango, CO

• Colombian family detained by ICE in Colorado; father sent to Texas, children held separately

  Oct 28, 2025 · Durango, CO

• U.S. Citizens Detained by Feds at Aurora School Hospital

  Oct 27, 2025 · Aurora, CO

• Father and two children detained by ICE while driving to school, later granted voluntary departure to Colombia

  Oct 27, 2025 · Durango, CO

• Fifth grade teacher in Colorado detained by ICE with family

  Oct 24, 2025 · Parker, CO

• Douglas County teacher detained by ICE despite valid work authorization

  Oct 24, 2025 · Centennial, CO

• ICE detains immigrants requesting deportation in Colorado

  Oct 21, 2025 · Aurora, CO

• Man arrested at nightclub while serving as designated driver, detained six weeks

  Oct 16, 2025 · Colorado Springs, CO

• Activists Protest ICE Hold Room Detentions in Colorado

  Oct 6, 2025 · Fredrick, CO

• CBP officer in Durango grabs protester by the hair, puts her in a chokehold, and throws her down embankment; state files assault charges

  October 2025 · Durango, CO

• ICE agents stop Alamosa family at gunpoint, smash car window with infant inside

  Sep 24, 2025 · Alamosa, CO

• Routt County Commissioner Angelica Salinas followed and boxed in by federal agents after recording them stopping people near mobile home parks

  September 2025 · Steamboat Springs, CO

• ICE Detention Expansion Plans Revealed in Colorado Documents

  Aug 28, 2025 · Denver, CO

• Colorado Representative Demands Answers from ICE on Detentions

  Aug 22, 2025 · Colorado, CO

• Colorado father detained by ICE for decades-old marijuana charges from his teens

  Aug 4, 2025 · Castle Rock, CO

• Colorado congressional delegation opposes ICE detention facility expansion in Hudson

  Jul 9, 2025 · Colorado

• ACLU FOIA reveals ICE plans to expand detention in Colorado

  Jul 9, 2025 · Colorado

• Brazilian student detained 15 days after traffic stop, now suing ICE

  Jun 20, 2025 · Grand Junction, CO

• Father grabbed by masked agents and slammed into counter leaving Denver immigration courtroom as his son watched

  June 2025 · Denver, CO

• Construction worker arrested by mistake, detained three months in Colorado

  May 2025 · Grand Junction, CO

• DEA arrests 114 undocumented immigrants in Colorado Springs raid

  Apr 27, 2025 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

• ICE Detains Construction Supervisor at Court Hearing, Deports Despite Legal Status

  Apr 12, 2025 · Colorado

• Roofing business owner detained by ICE despite human trafficking victim status and pending T visa

  Mar 30, 2025 · Denver, CO

• Father of two detained by ICE without warrant during morning drive to work in Georgetown

  Mar 22, 2025 · Aurora, CO

• Mexican mother of three detained after ICE reinstates challenged removal order

  Mar 17, 2025 · Aurora, CO

• Venezuelan mother with TPS arrested before children, deported to El Salvador, beaten in detention

  Mar 15, 2025 · Colorado

• Residents question constitutional boundaries after federal raid on Denver apartments

  Feb 5, 2025 · Denver, CO

• Couple fights deportation after marriage in ICE detention

  Feb 5, 2025 · Denver, CO

• Asylum seeker arrested in apartment complex raid, detained four weeks

  Feb 2025 · Aurora, CO

• Colorado nonprofit's legal aid to immigrants halted by Trump administration stop-work order

  Jan 28, 2025 · Denver, CO

• Colorado immigrant advocacy group forced to stop legal services by Trump order

  Jan 22, 2025 · Westminster, CO

• Decorated Iraq veteran with traumatic brain injury deported despite citizenship application

  Jan 21, 2025 · Colorado Springs, CO