Immigration enforcement incidents in Kentucky

18 documented incidents in Kentucky in the Human Impact Project database. View all on the interactive map.

• Senegalese basketball player detained by ICE, hospitalized, case later reopened by judge

  Sep 30, 2026 · Louisville, KY

• Kentucky immigrants still denied bond despite court ruling favoring hearings

  Sep 1, 2026 · KY

• Louisville mother detained by ICE at green card interview, husband and baby present

  Aug 17, 2026 · Louisville, KY

• Kentucky State basketball player detained by ICE at airport, denied adequate medical care

  Aug 7, 2026 · Louisville, KY

• Ugandan sickle cell patient detained by ICE denied medication, hospitalized at Kentucky jail

  Jul 29, 2026 · Louisville, KY

• ICE arrests six people in Western Kentucky; 185 immigrants held at Hopkins County Jail

  Jul 24, 2026 · Madisonville, KY

• Eight arrested in ICE operation in Henderson

  Jul 23, 2026 · Henderson, KY

• Louisville woman with sickle cell anemia detained by ICE, advocates say medication withheld

  Jul 22, 2026 · Leitchfield, KY

• Artemio Romero arrested by ICE while commuting to work, family fundraises for legal defense

  Jul 21, 2026 · Paducah, KY

• 13 undocumented workers arrested at Kentucky window business for using stolen Social Security numbers

  May 22, 2026 · Paducah, KY

• Marine denaturalized for allegedly concealing criminal history during naturalization

  May 8, 2026 · Fairdale, KY

• Nicaraguan woman in detention denied prenatal care, medical records after suspected miscarriage

  Mar 21, 2026 · Campbell County, KY

• Man who died in Louisville jail was subject to ICE detainer

  Feb 26, 2026 · Louisville, KY

• Pregnant asylum seeker miscarries after ICE detention, denied prenatal care

  Feb 25, 2026 · Newport, KY

• Over 1,000 ICE detainees held in Kentucky jails, analysis finds

  Feb 5, 2026 · Kentucky, KY

• Polish green card holder issued deportation order after eight months detention

  Aug 2025 · Campbell County, KY

• Ernesto Manuel-Andres, detained by ICE for three weeks, released and welcomed home to Bowling Green

  Jun 25, 2025 · Bowling Green, KY

• 13 arrested at Kentucky window factory for using stolen Social Security numbers in employment fraud

  May 22, 2025 · Paducah, KY