Immigration enforcement incidents in New York

340 documented incidents in New York in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• ICE to expand Batavia detention facility though most held have no criminal record

  Oct 2, 2026 · Batavia, NY

• Brazilian man detained after traffic stop fights indefinite detention, Supreme Court to decide case

  Oct 1, 2026 · Buffalo, NY

• Salvadoran man deported without removal order, still detained after return to US

  Oct 1, 2026 · Long Island, NY

• Rhinebeck landscaper detained by ICE for over a year wins stay of deportation

  Sep 30, 2026 · Rhinebeck, NY

• Detainees packed into overcrowded NYC ICE facility, judge orders permanent injunction

  Sep 24, 2026 · New York, NY

• Court permanently bars ICE from holding detainees in abusive conditions at 26 Federal Plaza

  Sep 24, 2026 · New York, NY

• Judge orders ICE to fix squalid detention conditions at NYC facility

  Sep 24, 2026 · New York, NY

• East Harlem tenants say landlord weaponizes ICE fears to intimidate immigrant renters

  Sep 21, 2026 · New York, NY

• Syracuse man released after three months in ICE detention without bond

  Sep 21, 2026 · Syracuse, NY

• ICE arrests of Asian New Yorkers surge over 400% under Trump, new tracker shows

  Sep 17, 2026 · New York, NY

• 22 states and DC sue Trump administration over new green card benefits rule

  Sep 14, 2026 · New York, NY

• Queens father detained by ICE during errands, unable to drive son to school

  Sep 14, 2026 · Queens, NY

• Father Marco detained by ICE, family raises funds for legal fees

  Sep 12, 2026 · Hudson, NY

• Man taken into ICE custody near school bus stop in Croton-on-Hudson

  Sep 11, 2026 · Croton-on-Hudson, NY

• Dominican immigrant's Supreme Court detention case dropped after governor's pardon

  Sep 11, 2026 · New York, NY

• Secret DHS courtroom at Federal Plaza leaves immigrants confused, missing hearings

  Sep 11, 2026 · New York, NY

• Construction worker detained by ICE after fake job ruse

  Sep 9, 2026 · Kingston, NY

• Two family members detained by ICE outside home, pressured to self-deport

  Sep 9, 2026 · Amsterdam, NY

• Haitian TPS Holders Celebrate Culture at NY Parade Despite Losing Legal Status

  Sep 7, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Turkish diabetes researcher detained after GPS wrong turn near Canadian border

  Sep 6, 2026 · Lewiston, NY

• Buffalo ICE arrests surge nearly 69%, most without criminal records

  Sep 4, 2026 · Buffalo, NY

• Mother deported despite bond, others detained in NY snack factory raid

  Sep 3, 2026 · Cato, NY

• Guyanese man released early from state prison for ICE deportation

  Sep 3, 2026 · NY

• Serbian man pulled from state prison early for ICE deportation to Russia

  Sep 3, 2026 · Brocton, NY

• Queens day laborers vanish from street corner after ICE raids detain workers

  Sep 1, 2026 · Woodside, NY

• ICE's 'Operation Rotten Apple' arrests 2,197 across New York, mostly without criminal records

  Sep 1, 2026 · New York, NY

• Purple Heart veteran pardoned by NY governor after self-deporting to South Korea

  Aug 31, 2026 · New York, NY

• ICE arrests over 2,100 immigrants in month-long New York 'Operation Rotten Apple'

  Aug 29, 2026 · NY

• Cuban couple released after four months in ICE detention, still face deportation to Ecuador

  Aug 29, 2026 · Syracuse, NY

• Haitian family seeking asylum in Canada returned to ICE, father separated and family deported

  Aug 27, 2026 · New York

• Brooklyn restaurant owner loses half staff as Haiti TPS ends

  Aug 27, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Nassau County executive backs down, but fights NY law banning ICE cooperation

  Aug 26, 2026 · Mineola, NY

• Guatemalan man restrained by ICE agents inside New York laundromat

  Aug 22, 2026 · NY

• Judge strikes down Trump ban on immigrant visas for people from 75 countries

  Aug 22, 2026 · New York, NY

• Colombian father detained after ICE ambushes his car in Queens

  Aug 21, 2026 · College Point, NY

• Guatemalan man tackled and detained by ICE while eating outside NY home

  Aug 21, 2026 · New Rochelle, NY

• ICE detains three men in Syracuse stop, one tasered while resisting

  Aug 20, 2026 · Syracuse, NY

• Mexican man detained by ICE while walking home in New Rochelle, NY

  Aug 20, 2026 · New Rochelle, NY

• Transgender asylum seeker held in men's Louisiana facility, denied hormone therapy

  Aug 20, 2026 · New York, NY

• Boat captain in fatal NY Harbor capsize detained by ICE

  Aug 20, 2026 · New York, NY

• ICE detains boat captain from El Salvador after fatal NY harbor capsizing

  Aug 19, 2026 · New York, NY

• Queens woman's brother detained for months after ICE stop on way to work

  August 18, 2026 · East Elmhurst, NY

• Haitian TPS termination leaves thousands in Queens fearing deportation

  Aug 18, 2026 · Queens, NY

• Venezuelan chef detained by ICE on way to work, sues for release from Batavia

  Aug 17, 2026 · Buffalo, NY

• Flatbush businesses lose customers as ICE fears grip immigrant neighborhood

  Aug 17, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Queens officials and community groups rally against ICE surge in East Elmhurst

  Aug 17, 2026 · East Elmhurst, NY

• Video appears to show ICE agent kicking man in New Jersey

  Aug 17, 2026 · West New York, NJ

• 72-Year-Old Woman Pepper-Sprayed by ICE Agent While Filming Enforcement Operation in Manhattan

  Aug 17, 2026 · New York, NY

• Fear of ICE Operations Pushes New York Immigrants to Consider Self-Deportation

  Aug 12, 2026 · New York, NY

• 14-year-old deported while pregnant, giving birth alone in Guatemala

  Aug 11, 2026 · Geneva, NY

• Communities rally against ICE enforcement, fear tears families apart

  Aug 11, 2026 · New York, NY

• ICE detains at least 33 people in NY Capital Region single-day sweep

  Aug 10, 2026 · Albany, NY

• NYC Mayor appeals to Trump to restore Haitian TPS as city forced to dismiss workers

  Aug 10, 2026 · New York, NY

• Queens residents rally against reported ICE enforcement surge in Corona, Elmhurst

  Aug 10, 2026 · Corona, NY

• ICE launches enforcement operations in NYC targeting immigrants with prior detainers

  Aug 10, 2026 · Queens, NY

• Military families of active-duty troops detained and deported as Trump administration reverses longstanding protections

  Aug 9, 2026 · New York, NY

• Omar, Perla sous chef, detained by ICE on way to work in NYC

  Aug 7, 2026 · New York, NY

• Haitian caregivers lose work authorization as Trump ends TPS program

  Aug 6, 2026 · Westchester, NY

• 11-year-old boy Diego faces deportation alone in immigration court without lawyer

  Aug 6, 2026 · New York, NY

• Supreme Court likely to reject Trump birthright citizenship order

  Aug 5, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Man detained by ICE at LaGuardia Airport, held 15 days in Pennsylvania

  Aug 5, 2026 · New York, NY

• ICE launches major operation in New York City targeting those with detainers

  Aug 5, 2026 · New York, NY

• Man detained inside emergency room by masked federal agents at NYC hospital

  Aug 2, 2026 · Manhattan, NY

• Guatemalan teen held by ICE seven years after in absentia removal order issued when he was 12

  Aug 1, 2026 · Port Chester, NY

• Jamaican man released early from prison for ICE deportation

  Aug 1, 2026 · NY

• Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children face deportation without legal representation as federal contract lapses

  Jul 31, 2026 · New York, NY

• Elderly woman pepper-sprayed by DHS agent while filming in Inwood

  Jul 30, 2026 · Inwood, NY

• Eight people detained in solar farm ICE raid in Albion, New York

  Jul 30, 2026 · Albion, NY

• Woman pepper-sprayed by ICE agent while filming in Inwood as agency surges arrests across New York

  Jul 30, 2026 · New York, NY

• Two men arrested in ICE operation on Long Island

  July 30, 2026 · Freeport, NY

• ICE agents pepper spray community members without provocation in Upper Manhattan

  Jul 30, 2026 · Upper Manhattan, NY

• US citizen detained by ICE agents for 20-25 minutes based on appearance alone

  July 2026 · Westbury, NY

• ICE launches large-scale enforcement operation across NYC

  Jul 28, 2026 · Queens, NY

• ICE New York Operation Begins in Queens With Officials Warning

  Jul 28, 2026 · Queens, NY

• ICE quietly rounds up nearly 2,200 immigrants across New York state

  Jul 27, 2026 · NY

• Five community members detained during ICE check-ins at Malta field office

  Jul 26, 2026 · Malta, NY

• Asylum seeker, 63, detained during ICE check-in at Malta facility

  Jul 26, 2026 · Malta, NY

• Tile installer Luis arrested by ICE in parking lot despite valid work permit

  Jul 23, 2026 · Deer Park, NY

• Colombian man detained by ICE despite bid to self-deport, judge orders release

  Jul 22, 2026 · New York, NY

• ICE arrests of criminals in NYC top 6,500 ahead of promised surge

  Jul 21, 2026 · New York, NY

• Russian asylum seeker shackled, detained nearly a month after Niagara Falls trip

  Jul 20, 2026 · Buffalo, NY

• Gay asylum seeker redetained by ICE weeks after court-ordered release, faces deportation

  Jul 17, 2026 · New York, NY

• Asylum seeker detained at Manhattan immigration court despite judge's ban

  Jul 16, 2026 · Manhattan, NY

• Haitian TPS holders face anxiety despite last-minute work authorization extension

  Jul 15, 2026 · New York, NY

• Columbia graduate detained 104 days, fights deportation after pro-Palestinian activism

  Jul 14, 2026 · New York, NY

• 22 detained in heightened ICE enforcement sweep across Broome County

  Jul 13, 2026 · Broome County, NY

• Ecuadorian man arrested in Bushwick for failing to comply with detention alternative program

  Jul 13, 2026 · Bushwick, NY

• Father detained by ICE en route to work, family seeks legal and financial support

  Jul 9 · New York, NY

• Father with congenital heart condition detained by ICE, family denied hospital access

  Jul 9, 2026 · Upstate New York

• Mexican man detained by ICE at Brooklyn bus stop after 30 years in U.S. wins habeas release

  Jul 8, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Guatemalan tomato farm worker deported after ICE arrest near Rochester plant

  Jul 8, 2026 · Rochester, NY

• Venezuelan immigrant detained by ICE at Lake Placid hotel job

  Jul 8, 2026 · Lake Placid, NY

• Colombian father detained by ICE, attempted suicide three times in custody, released after nine months

  Jul 7, 2026 · Plainview, NY

• Five immigrants arrested at NYC courthouse despite judge's order halting practice

  Jul 7, 2026 · New York, NY

• Five individuals with criminal convictions arrested in ICE nationwide enforcement operation over Independence Day weekend

  Jul 7, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Rochester man tracked to hotel after emailing ICE director critical letter

  Jul 6, 2026 · Rochester, NY

• Legal permanent resident Tareq Alkhudari detained by ICE at apartment, friends raise bail and legal funds

  Jul 4, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Three immigrants arrested at Manhattan federal courthouses despite judge's order restricting enforcement

  Jul 2, 2026 · New York, NY

• Tom Homan warns of ICE surge in New York City over sanctuary

  Jun 29, 2026 · New York, NY

• Ecuadorian man arrested at NYC immigration court despite federal judge's order

  Jun 26, 2026 · New York, NY