Airport

116 documented incidents tagged “Airport” in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• Woman handcuffed by plainclothes ICE agents who concealed badges at airport gate

  August 18, 2026

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

  Aug 17, 2026 · El Paso, TX

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

  Aug 13, 2026 · Denver, CO

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

  Aug 12, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Musician Luis Carlos detained by ICE, held outside Houston

  Aug 12, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Argentine nanny arrested at Philadelphia airport, detained month in ICE custody, released on bond

  Aug 10, 2026 · Philadelphia, PA

• Argentine soccer player detained by ICE at Florida airport during domestic travel despite valid work permit

  Aug 9, 2026 · Fort Lauderdale, FL

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

  Aug 8, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Katerina detained at airport, legal fund launched for habeas corpus petition

  Aug 7, 2026 · Honolulu, HI

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

  Aug 7, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Pregnant South African woman detained by ICE at Las Vegas airport, fiancé says arrest unexpected

  Aug 7, 2026 · Las Vegas, NV

• Zambian nurse detained at Boston airport, released after union and community protests

  Aug 7, 2026 · Boston, MA

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

  Aug 6, 2026 · Dallas, TX

• Colombian DJ and husband detained by ICE at Chicago airport, later released on bond

  Aug 6, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Pregnant woman arrested by ICE at Las Vegas airport after returning from vacation

  Aug 5, 2026 · Las Vegas, NV

• College freshman deported to Honduras despite judge's order blocking removal

  Aug 5, 2026 · Boston, MA

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

  Aug 4, 2026 · Dallas, TX

• Venezuelan woman with master's degree detained by ICE, released after congresswoman's intervention

  Aug 3, 2026 · Pompano Beach, FL

• Indian asylee detained at airport, suffers heart attack in ICE custody

  Aug 3, 2026 · Washington, DC

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

  Aug 2, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

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

  Jul 31, 2026 · Oakland, CA

• Venezuelan soccer player detained by ICE despite pending asylum case, family calls for release

  Jul 31, 2026 · Pompano Beach, FL

• MaineHealth nurse with pending asylum claim arrested by ICE at Portland Jetport

  Jul 30, 2026 · Portland, ME

• Oakland woman detained in Phoenix airport while awaiting asylum decision

  July 30, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• 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

• Colombian woman detained at airport without hearing challenges ICE detention

  Jul 28, 2026 · Ontario, California

• Johns Hopkins public health researcher detained at airport for visa overstay, released from Texas

  Jul 28, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Venezuelan influencer detained by ICE at Orlando airport while boarding flight

  Jul 28, 2026 · Orlando, FL

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

  Jul 27, 2026 · Edinburg, 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

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

  Jul 22, 2026 · Louisville, KY

• Rohingya man detained by ICE upon landing at U.S. airport

  Jul 21, 2026

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

  Jul 21, 2026 · Denver, CO

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

  Jul 20, 2026 · Buffalo, NY

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

  Jul 18, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Australian man partially handcuffed at Las Vegas airport, arrested next day at LAX

  Jul 17, 2026 · Las Vegas, NV

• Venezuelan woman detained at airport after clearing security, held 17 days before bond granted

  Jul 17, 2026 · Fort Lauderdale, FL

• Venezuelan DJ detained at Boston airport after World Cup visit, facing deportation

  Jul 16, 2026 · Boston, MA

• DACA recipient detained at Boston airport after Noah Kahan concert, judge orders release

  Jul 16, 2026 · Boston, MA

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

  Jul 14, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Flight attendant Lorenzo Thompson detained by ICE at Nashville airport despite valid work permit and pending asylum case

  Jul 14, 2026 · Nashville, TN

• Australian man tackled by plainclothes ICE agents at Las Vegas airport, arrested next day in Los Angeles

  Jul 14, 2026 · Las Vegas, NV

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

  Jul 13, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

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

  Jul 3, 2026 · Denver, CO

• LPR detained at Michigan airport upon return from family vacation

  July 3, 2026 · Michigan

• Venezuelan asylum-seeker detained at Atlanta airport by ICE agents

  Jul 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• Man legally in asylum process detained at Chicago airport

  Jul 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Woman in asylum process detained at airport on way to father's funeral

  Jul 2026 · Washington, DC

• Hospital worker detained by ICE at Syracuse Airport, released on ankle monitor

  Jun 18, 2026 · Syracuse, NY

• Immigration attorney detained and questioned at SFO airport, placed on DHS watch list

  Jun 10, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• British journalist detained at airport, released after judges found freedom of speech breaches

  Jun 8, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Iraqi striker detained 7 hours at Chicago airport, team photographer denied entry

  Jun 6, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Cuban mother deported, says tearful goodbye to children at airport

  Jun 5, 2026 · Cancún, Mexico

• Pregnant mother and toddler with disabilities detained at Dulles Airport for week without adequate care

  May 26, 2026 · Arlington, VA

• Venezuelan doctor detained at airport despite work permit, released after judge orders bail

  May 13, 2026 · Texas

• Green card holder detained at LAX after family trip, transferred across three states, disappears from ICE tracking

  May 11, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Court interpreter detained 45 days despite valid work authorization, judge orders release

  May 5, 2026 · Harlingen, TX

• Venezuelan woman detained at McAllen airport with valid work permit

  May 1, 2026 · McAllen, TX

• DACA recipient activist detained at airport, deportation case sent back for review

  Apr 28, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Engineer detained at airport before flight, 8-year-old son left waiting for father

  Apr 16, 2026 · McAllen, TX

• Venezuelan doctor detained by ICE while heading to asylum interview

  Apr 16, 2026 · Orlando, FL

• Santa Maria man reunited with daughter after ICE detention

  Apr 15, 2026 · Santa Maria, CA

• US citizen detained by ICE at airport, transferred to Wisconsin jail, faces defamation lawsuit

  Apr 14, 2026 · Dodge County, WI

• Actress Natasha Lyonne claims ICE detained her after being removed from Delta flight

  Apr 11, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• UW PhD student Kennedy Orwa and son deported after visa revoked

  Apr 10, 2026 · Seattle, WA

• College student and mother detained at airports after TSA shares 31,000 traveler records with ICE

  Apr 7, 2026 · Washington, DC

• Guatemalan mother and daughter detained at San Francisco airport, deported within 36 hours

  Mar 30, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Cuban permanent resident detained by ICE after returning from family trip to Cuba

  Mar 28, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Kenyan father detained after attending father's funeral, faces deportation from Washington

  Mar 24, 2026 · Seattle, WA

• Mother and daughter detained by ICE at SFO airport, video sparks outrage

  Mar 23, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Woman and daughter deported after TSA tipped ICE at San Francisco airport

  Mar 22, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Iranian Man Detained by ICE at LAX Airport While Traveling to Funeral

  Mar 18, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Zimbabwean woman lured to airport gate, detained by ICE agents, sues United

  Mar 15, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Edmonton-born permanent resident detained four months, ordered deported over decades-old drug charge

  Mar 13, 2026 · Pearsall, TX

• Iranian man detained at airport after 14 years on supervised release wins habeas challenge

  Mar 5, 2026 · Burbank, CA

• Activist's phone seized at airport without warrant, subjected to pattern of federal harassment

  Mar 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Venezuelan doctor released on bail after month in ICE detention

  Mar 2026 · McAllen, TX

• Green-card holder detained at airport after 28 years in U.S.

  Feb 27, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Madison restaurant owner detained by ICE after airport arrest, community rallies for support

  Feb 18, 2026 · Madison, WI

• Indonesian man detained at airport after 18 years complying with supervision order

  Feb 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Canadian adult-film model banned from U.S. after airport detention

  Jan 20, 2026 · Toronto, ON

• Minneapolis Uber Driver Confronts Border Patrol Agents in Airport Incident

  Jan 8, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Irish green card holder released after five months ICE detention

  Dec 22, 2025 · Chicago, IL

• Mother detained at Hawaii airport during family vacation, deported to El Salvador

  Dec 18, 2025 · Honolulu, HI

• OU Iranian Studies professor detained at airport en route to academic conference

  Nov 23, 2025 · Norman, OK

• OU professor with valid visa released after three-day ICE detention

  Nov 23, 2025 · Norman, OK

• British journalist Sami Hamdi detained by ICE after visa revocation at San Francisco airport

  Nov 13, 2025 · San Francisco, CA

• Mom arrested by ICE at SLC airport unaware of deportation order

  Nov 4, 2025 · Salt Lake City, UT

• Salvadoran mother arrested at airport, detained despite valid work permit and notification error

  Oct 29, 2025 · Salt Lake City, UT

• U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Nearly 30 Hours After International Work Trip

  Oct 9, 2025 · Evanston, IL

• Nursing mother among ride-share drivers blocked and questioned about immigration status at Chicago O'Hare Airport

  October 2025 · Chicago, IL

• DACA activist detained at airport, released after judge rules arrest unconstitutional

  Oct 1, 2025 · El Paso, TX

• Green Card Holder With Brain Tumor Faces Deportation Over Unsubstantiated Forgery Claim

  Sep 26, 2025 · Chicago, IL

• Green card holder detained over 35-cent infraction

  Sep 19, 2025 · Fort Wayne Indiana

• Legal permanent resident detained 10 days over pardoned 20-year-old conviction

  Aug 28, 2025 · Boston, MA

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

  Aug 4, 2025 · Castle Rock, CO

• Colombian woman detained by ICE at Newark airport amid pending green card case

  Jul 30, 2025 · Newark, NJ

• Korean scientist with green card detained without explanation

  Jul 29, 2025 · San Francisco, CA