Immigration enforcement incidents in Texas

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

• Venezuelan man deported to Liberia despite pending habeas case

  Aug 21, 2026 · TX

• 5-year-old boy detained with father en route to soccer game, held at Dilley facility

  Aug 20, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Man arrested by ICE agents at Texas home as owner demands warrant

  Aug 20, 2026 · Brownsville, TX

• Man forced to ground by ICE agents in Brownsville shopping plaza

  Aug 19, 2026 · Brownsville, TX

• Construction workers detained by ICE at Texas job site

  Aug 19, 2026 · Weslaco, TX

• Mother and two children ordered deported after months in Texas detention camp

  Aug 18, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Mexican migrant alleges ICE beating in Texas, denied medical care

  Aug 18, 2026 · Arlington, TX

• Padres minor-league coach detained by ICE at El Paso airport during work trip

  Aug 17, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Bulldozers begin border wall construction through Big Bend National Park's Santa Elena Canyon

  Aug 14, 2026 · Big Bend National Park, TX

• Man detained by ICE after calling police to report shooting in Houston

  Aug 14, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Houston pastor detained by ICE at airport while traveling with wife

  Aug 12, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Venezuelan mariachi trumpet player detained by ICE during traffic stop in San Antonio

  Aug 12, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Dilley family detention center holding 60+ children beyond federal 20-day limit

  Aug 12, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Musician Luis Carlos detained by ICE, held outside Houston

  Aug 12, 2026 · Houston, TX

• El Paso grocer says new money-transfer rules scare immigrant customers into isolation

  Aug 11, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Father separated from family in ICE enforcement action in San Antonio, Texas

  Aug 11, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Kurdish filmmaker force-fed in ICE detention describes psychological trauma

  Aug 10, 2026 · Los Fresnos, TX

• Asylum seeker detained in inhumane border conditions at 11, now thriving in Southold community

  Aug 8, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Pastor Gabriel Johnson suffers stroke in ICE custody, family denied contact and updates

  Aug 8, 2026 · TX

• Venezuelan pastor detained by ICE at Houston airport while traveling with wife

  Aug 7, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Democrats describe grim conditions at ICE detention centers in Texas

  Aug 7, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Venezuelan pastor detained by ICE at Houston airport while traveling with wife

  Aug 6, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Venezuelan young woman seeks to free parents and brother detained by ICE in Texas

  Aug 6, 2026 · Eagle Pass, TX

• ICE expands airport enforcement nationwide, detaining travelers with pending applications and work authorization

  Aug 6, 2026 · Dallas, TX

• Pregnant 21-year-old detained 40+ days without prenatal care for high-risk pregnancy

  Aug 6, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Four construction workers detained in traffic stop outside Austin City Hall, sparking city council outrage

  Aug 6, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Texas law firm with no immigration experience awarded $150M to represent migrant children

  Aug 5, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Honduran man with SIJS deported, returned to U.S. by court order, detained in Texas

  Aug 5, 2026 · Harlingen, TX

• Afghan, Ukrainian, and Saudi detainees force-fed in ICE custody; torture allegations emerge

  Aug 5, 2026 · Texas

• Paola Prieto Valles detained by ICE, family raises funds for legal defense

  Aug 4, 2026 · Lewisville, TX

• Award-winning pharmacy instructor detained by ICE at Dallas airport after conference

  Aug 4, 2026 · Dallas, TX

• Hunger strikers subjected to force-feeding in ICE detention centers

  Aug 3, 2026 · Los Fresnos, TX; Miami, FL; Washington State; Houston, TX

• U.S.-born Houston teen says ICE agents beat him and his father during stop

  July 31, 2026 · Houston, TX

• 16-year-old detained by ICE en route to church, father arrested when picking her up

  Jul 31, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Detainee Mario Alfonso Rivera Santiago files habeas corpus petition at Rio Grande Processing Center

  Jul 30, 2026 · Laredo, TX

• Immigrant detained at South Texas ICE Processing Center challenges detention

  Jul 30, 2026 · Pearsall, TX

• Afghan woman, lawful permanent resident, detained in first Alien Terrorist Removal Court case

  Jul 30, 2026 · TX

• Nepali man challenges constitutionality of federal immigration detention

  Jul 29, 2026 · Laredo, TX

• 20-year-old with autism detained by ICE, denied medicine and blankets in Texas

  July 29, 2026 · TX

• Witness to ICE shooting of unarmed homebuilder released after judge rules detention unlawful

  Jul 29, 2026 · Magnolia Park, TX

• Mother and 6-year-old daughter detained after reunification, sent to family detention center

  Jul 29, 2026 · Texas

• Nigerian nun detained by ICE while walking to Mass in Texas, released after congressional intervention

  Jul 29, 2026 · McAllen, TX

• Released pastors say immigration agents mocked them, threatened family separation

  Jul 27, 2026 · Edinburg, TX

• ICE arrests 259 immigrants in Houston over two weeks

  Jul 26, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Venezuelan man detained during traffic stop, transferred to ICE in Austin

  Jul 25, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Construction workers detained by ICE agents at Texas work site

  Jul 25, 2026 · Brownsville, TX

• Venezuelan woman with pending asylum case detained by ICE at Houston airport

  Jul 24, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Mexican pastors detained at Texas airport, threatened with separation from U.S. citizen children

  Jul 23, 2026 · McAllen, TX

• Guinean woman detained in Texas fights imminent removal to Ghana

  Jul 22, 2026 · Cameron County, Texas

• Man detained at South Texas ICE facility challenges immigration detention through habeas corpus

  Jul 22, 2026 · Pearsall, TX

• Immigration detainee seeks habeas corpus relief from ICE facility

  Jul 22, 2026 · Pearsall, TX

• Immigration Detainee Files Habeas Corpus Challenge to Federal Custody

  Jul 22, 2026 · Laredo, TX

• TCU student Luis Andrade-Garcia deported to El Salvador after Arlington arrest

  Jul 22, 2026 · Arlington, TX

• Two witnesses to fatal ICE shooting detained, judge blocks deportation pending habeas petitions

  Jul 22, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Eduard Portillo arrested by ICE, family raises funds for legal defense

  July 21, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Man convicted of firearm possession deported to Mexico, wanted for homicide

  Jul 21, 2026 · Laredo, TX

• Man detained at T. Don Hutto challenges immigration detention without bond

  Jul 21, 2026 · Taylor, TX

• Mother detained at DNA test appointment while seeking custody of daughter in shelter

  Jul 21, 2026 · Texas

• Three immigrants freed by judges; Trump administration seeks to return them to indefinite detention

  Jul 20, 2026 · TX

• ICE detains legal permanent resident over 2022 drug conviction

  Jul 19, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Honduran father detained by ICE in front of daughter with autism in Austin

  Jul 18, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Bellaire High School student detained by ICE at Houston airport with pending asylum case

  Jul 18, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Wise County business owner with valid work permit detained by ICE after traffic stop

  Jul 17, 2026 · Decatur, TX

• Immigration Detainee Seeks to Block Transfer from Texas Facility

  Jul 17, 2026 · Cameron County, Texas

• Noncitizen detained without bond hearing challenges detention in federal court

  Jul 16, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Venezuelan restaurant owner detained by ICE after organizing earthquake relief for home country

  Jul 16, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Detainees at Fort Bliss beaten by guards, denied medical care in widespread abuse documented by ACLU and Human Rights Watch

  Jul 16, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Detainees report indiscriminate beatings, medical neglect at Fort Bliss immigration detention camp

  Jul 15, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• ICE agents pointed gun at teen during South Texas encounter, later released

  July 14, 2026 · Laguna Vista, TX

• U.S. citizen nearly hit by ICE agents during high-speed chase, gun drawn on passenger

  Jul 14, 2026 · Laguna Vista, TX

• 238 undocumented immigrants arrested in single-day ICE operation in Texas

  Jul 14, 2026 · Harlingen, TX

• Appeals court reverses decision on immigrant detention

  Jul 13, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Mexican national dies in ICE custody at Texas detention center, civil rights groups demand investigation

  Jul 13, 2026 · Laredo, TX

• Nearly 1,500 arrested in San Antonio region ICE enforcement surge since January

  Jul 8, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Three witnesses to fatal ICE shooting pressured to self-deport, allegedly silencing investigation

  Jul 7, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Venezuelan family detained a month at Dilley after self-deportation attempt turns into arrest

  Jul 6, 2026 · Pecos, TX

• Mariachi musician detained by ICE after traffic stop, performs national anthem in custody

  Jul 4, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Mother and child detained by ICE in Houston parking lot

  Jul 2, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Mexican man detained by ICE despite military parole, family fights for release

  Jul 2, 2026 · Rio Grande Valley, TX

• San Antonio father says he was released, then re-detained to lure daughter into ICE custody

  Jul 1, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Honduran woman detained at Louisiana facility seeks emergency relief from deportation

  Jul 1, 2026 · Presidio, Texas

• Seven more Prairieland protesters sentenced, six who pled guilty receive 2-15 years

  Jul 1, 2026 · Fort Worth, TX

• Deaths in Laredo reveal toll of border militarization

  Jul 1, 2026 · Laredo, TX

• Mexican mother detained at medical clinic and deported, separated from two sons in Austin

  Jun 29, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Woman detained by ICE challenges mandatory detention without bond hearing

  Jun 29, 2026 · Willacy County, Texas

• Japanese internment survivors complete pilgrimage to Dilley detention center, demand closure

  Jun 27, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Cuban mother detained by ICE during supervision appointment, separated from U.S. citizen child

  Jun 26, 2026 · Portland, TX

• 24 migrants detained in joint traffic stop operation in Wichita Falls

  Jun 25, 2026 · Wichita Falls, TX

• 13-year-old boy detained by ICE near San Antonio, separated from mother

  Jun 25, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• 22-year-old detained by ICE at workplace in Houston

  Jun 24, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Father of four detained by ICE during traffic stop, family faces deportation and financial collapse

  Jun 24, 2026 · Mesquite, TX

• Woman detained by ICE challenges mandatory detention without bond hearing

  Jun 24, 2026 · Willacy County, Texas

• 85-year-old German man dies in ICE custody after eight months hospitalization

  Jun 24, 2026 · Harlingen, TX

• Venezuelan man deported, missing after earthquake at deportation hotel

  Jun 24, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• 5-year-old Iker detained 65+ days at ICE facility, not eating while mother held nearby

  Jun 23, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Woman detained by ICE challenges mandatory detention without bond hearing

  Jun 23, 2026 · Willacy County, TX

• Eight anti-ICE protesters sentenced to 30-100 years for July 4 detention center protest

  Jun 23, 2026 · Alvarado, TX

• Cameron Arnold, Savanna Batten, and three others each sentenced to 50 years for Prairieland protest

  Jun 23, 2026 · Alvarado, TX

• Honduran man deported after Texas prison sentence

  Jun 20, 2026 · Huntsville, TX

• Man deported to Mexico, leaving wife and four children without income

  Jun 19, 2026 · Austin, TX