Church/Place of Worship

40 documented incidents tagged “Church/Place of Worship” in the Human Impact Project database. View all on the interactive map.

• Virginia therapist confronted at gunpoint by ICE agent after shouting at officers

  Aug 12, 2026 · Bailey's Crossroads, VA

• US citizen pulled at gunpoint by ICE agents in Falls Church, Virginia

  Aug 10, 2026 · Falls Church, VA

• Car wash worker with U.S. citizen wife detained, loses job after business closure

  Aug 9, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

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

  Jul 31, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

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

  Jul 29, 2026 · McAllen, TX

• 14-year-old Brazilian girl detained by ICE, federal judge orders immediate return to Massachusetts

  Mar 11, 2026 · Marlboro, MA

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

  Jul 27, 2026 · Edinburg, TX

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

  Jul 23, 2026 · McAllen, TX

• Eight arrested in ICE operation in Henderson

  Jul 23, 2026 · Henderson, KY

• Pastor detained after traffic stop, facing immigration proceedings

  Jul 10, 2026

• Detroit teens detained by ICE in separate Texas, New Mexico facilities

  Jun 24, 2026 · Buffalo, NY

• DACA recipient Jessica Trevino deported to Mexico despite valid status, three U.S. citizen children left in Texas

  Jun 18, 2026 · Alamo, TX

• Colombian priest denaturalized for allegedly concealing criminal history during naturalization

  Jun 8, 2026

• Guatemalan asylum seeker denied surgery for ovarian cyst in Texas detention, released after four months

  Jun 5, 2026 · Texas

• Peruvian immigrant beaten by ICE agents in Sunnyside, released after court order

  May 27, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Mom detained by ICE while on way to church event, family seeks funds for legal defense

  May 27, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Pastor detained by ICE while helping congregation member, daughter disputes visa overstay claim

  Apr 23, 2026 · Portland, ME

• New Jersey pastor detained by ICE during food delivery, held three weeks before bond release

  Apr 13, 2026 · Elizabeth, NJ

• Two Cuban pastors detained by ICE during routine immigration appointment in Texas

  Mar 31, 2026 · Harlingen, TX

• Tulsa pastor deported after routine immigration check-in

  Mar 10, 2026 · Tulsa, OK

• Nursing mother detained without breast pump, milk dries up during month-long custody

  Feb 20, 2026 · Minnesota

• ICE agents arrest 2 men outside church in Union City, NJ

  Feb 16, 2026 · Union City, NJ

• Immigration agents arrest man during church food giveaway in L.A.

  Feb 2, 2026 · North Hills, California

• Taco vendor and church congregant detained during ICE raid on Los Angeles church during food giveaway

  Jan 29, 2026 · North Hills, CA

• Two church painters detained by Border Patrol during service in Compton, families left without support

  Jan 19, 2026 · Montclair, CA

• Pastor and ICE Director's Church Targeted by Anti-ICE Protesters

  Jan 18, 2026 · St. Paul, MN

• ICE surveils Catholic church during Spanish-language Mass, parishioners report fear

  Jan 4, 2026 · Hopkins, MN

• Iranian Christian teacher detained by ICE after 30 years in Houston

  Jan 1, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Church maintenance worker deported to Mexico after ICE arrest

  Dec 4, 2025 · Hopkins, MN

• ICE raid at church targets Black and brown immigrants

  Nov 17, 2025 · Downey, CA

• Border Patrol agents detain man at east Charlotte church during raid

  Nov 15, 2025 · Charlotte, NC

• Undocumented Nebraska mother fears ICE raids will separate her from U.S.-born children

  Nov 1, 2025 · Nebraska, NE

• UCC pastor shot with pepper round by federal agents at prayer vigil

  Oct 23, 2025 · Alameda, CA

• 56-year-old man arrested by ICE in church parking lot after 26 years in Jackson

  Jul 23, 2025 · Jackson, WY

• Longtime parishioner detained by ICE while landscaping at Montclair church

  Jun 20, 2025 · Montclair, CA

• Man detained by masked ICE officers in church parking lot without identification

  Jun 11, 2025 · Downey, CA

• Afro-indigenous mother deported after signing misleading document, reunited with children by court order

  2025 · Louisiana, LA

• Federal agent waits outside Maryland church for enforcement target, acknowledges previous policy would have prevented the operation

  March 2025 · Maryland

• Houston mother detained by ICE faces choice: indefinite detention or deportation without family

  Mar 1, 2025 · Houston, TX

• ICE arrests man with work permit outside church in Tucker

  Jan 28, 2025 · Tucker, GA