Climate/Environmental

89 documented incidents tagged “Climate/Environmental” in the Human Impact Project database. View all on the interactive map.

• Medical examiner identifies skeletal remains found in Pima County desert

  Aug 21, 2026 · Pima County, AZ

• Detainees sickened by gas leak, extreme heat; denied care at Mississippi ICE facility

  Aug 14, 2026 · Natchez, MS

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

  Aug 14, 2026 · Big Bend National Park, TX

• Guillermo Perez Ayala, 52, abandoned in Arizona desert during border crossing attempt

  Aug 14, 2026 · Naco, AZ

• Activists occupy ancient border tree to block CBP wall construction in Arizona

  Aug 4, 2026 · Lochiel, AZ

• Two migrants rescued from California desert heat, face removal

  Aug 1, 2026 · Jacumba, CA

• Mexican woman arrested at immigration office, detained in freezing California facility

  Jul 30, 2026 · Fresno, CA

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

  Jul 21, 2026

• Michigan immigrant held in freezing isolation cell for three weeks, ICE increasingly uses solitary confinement

  Jul 19, 2026 · Baldwin, MI

• Woman deported by ICE, arrives in Venezuela during earthquake, injured by collapsed building

  Jul 18, 2026 · Caracas, VE

• ICE detainees in Miami endure extreme heat, cockroaches, broken toilets, medical neglect

  Jul 18, 2026 · Miami, FL

• 12 detainees contract tuberculosis at Colorado ICE facility, quarantined without air conditioning

  Jul 14, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• ICE detainees describe fear, wildfire smoke, and prayer at McCook facility

  Jul 13, 2026 · McCook, NE

• Guatemalan baker locked bakery to protect workers during ICE arrest, detained

  Jul 10, 2026 · Lake Worth Beach, FL

• 16-year-old Micaela Mendez abandoned in Arizona desert during migration, cousin detained

  Jul 8, 2026 · Sasabe, AZ

• Asylum-seeker deported to Venezuela dies in earthquake building collapse

  Jul 5, 2026 · Ann Arbor, MI

• Deaths in Laredo reveal toll of border militarization

  Jul 1, 2026 · Laredo, TX

• Mother finds deported son dead in Venezuela after earthquakes

  Jun 29, 2026 · La Guaira, Venezuela

• Venezuelan man deported dies in earthquakes hours after landing in Caracas

  Jun 28, 2026 · Venezuela

• Deported Venezuelan man loses both legs after 40-hour hotel collapse entrapment

  Jun 25, 2026 · La Guaira, VE

• Venezuelan man deported, missing after earthquake at deportation hotel

  Jun 24, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Young Venezuelan woman deported, trapped in earthquake rubble at hotel

  Jun 24, 2026 · La Guaira, VE

• Hundreds of detainees transferred from Florida Everglades ICE facility, whereabouts unclear to families

  Jun 18, 2026 · Florida Everglades, FL

• Tohono O'odham Nation sues Trump administration over border wall on tribal lands

  Jun 17, 2026 · AZ

• Migrant abandoned in Arizona desert, search group seeks information

  Jun 7, 2026 · AZ

• CBP and Coast Guard rescue 240 Haitian migrants from sinking vessel

  Jun 4, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Father deported on Christmas Eve, died attempting to return to one-year-old daughter

  May 21, 2026

• Oklahoma man charged with smuggling 42 undocumented immigrants in sealed trailer

  May 16, 2026 · Sarita, TX

• Seven immigrants, including 14-year-old, die from heat in sealed boxcar in Texas

  May 14, 2026 · Laredo, TX

• ICE detainees hospitalized with heat-related illnesses during transport in Oklahoma

  Apr 13, 2026 · Watonga, OK

• Bolivian torture survivor twice detained, nearly deported to Congo despite court protection

  Apr 8, 2026 · Arizona

• Nearly blind Rohingya refugee dies after Border Patrol drop-off in Buffalo

  Apr 1, 2026 · Buffalo, NY

• Detainees at Adelanto ICE facility face rotten food, disease, and isolation

  Mar 18, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Haitian asylum seeker Daphy Michel freezes to death days after ICE release in Pittsburgh

  Mar 2, 2026 · Pittsburgh, PA

• South Texas family detention center faces health crises, conditions scrutiny

  Feb 27, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Over 100 ICE detainees stranded on tarmac at New Hampshire airport during blizzard

  Feb 25, 2026 · Portsmouth, NH

• Pregnant detainee Lucia denied prenatal care, miscarried while shackled in ICE custody

  Feb 20, 2026 · Louisiana, LA

• Otay Mesa detainees throw notes in lotion bottles over fence: "280 days without a single piece of fruit"

  Feb 16, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Intellectually disabled detainee denied cardiac care at California immigration jail; judge orders ICE to provide adequate healthcare

  Feb 11, 2026 · California City, CA

• Migrant remains unrecovered in New Mexico desert despite reports

  Jan 13, 2026 · Santa Teresa, NM

• Migrant dies in Rio Bravo, first death of 2026 in Coahuila

  Jan 11, 2026 · Piedras Negras, Coahuila

• Deported partner dies attempting to return to family in Texas

  Jan 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Miccosukee Tribe advances legal battle against Alligator Alcatraz detention facility

  Dec 19, 2025 · Everglades, FL

• Honduran oyster worker drowns fleeing Coast Guard in Louisiana

  Dec 18, 2025 · Hopedale, LA

• New jaguar identified as DHS plans border wall

  Dec 4, 2025 · Arizona-Sonora border, Arizona

• New border wall construction threatens San Rafael Valley wildlife

  Nov 25, 2025 · San Rafael Valley, AZ

• Guatemalan man detained in LA immigration raid faces health concerns

  Nov 3, 2025 · Los Angeles, CA

• U.S. citizen Andrea Velez detained by ICE during street sweep, denied water, later released on bond

  Oct 26, 2025 · Los Angeles, CA

• ICE detainees face greater extreme heat risk than prisoners

  Oct 19, 2025

• Children face water shortages, sleep deprivation in Texas ICE detention

  Sep 28, 2025 · Dilley, TX

• Border Patrol detains two workers assisting Washington wildfire firefighting effort

  Aug 31, 2025 · Tacoma, WA

• Judge halts expansion of Florida Everglades immigration detention center

  Aug 22, 2025 · Ochopee, FL

• Hurricane season collides with immigration enforcement, increasing fears

  Aug 20, 2025 · Florida, Texas

• Detainees report severe conditions at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz facility

  Aug 7, 2025 · Everglades, FL

• No More Deaths releases migrant mortality database

  Aug 4, 2025 · US-Mexico Border

• Smuggler accused of abandoning dying migrant in Arizona desert

  Jul 24, 2025 · Southern Arizona

• Arizona-raised woman deported after ICE raid on Colt Grill restaurant

  Jul 15, 2025 · Cottonwood, AZ

• Tunisian man recounts 13 days in ICE custody downtown L.A.

  Jul 13, 2025 · Los Angeles, CA

• Families allege horrible conditions at Florida Everglades detention facility

  Jul 9, 2025 · Ochopee, FL

• Afghan migrant dies in Iranian detention camp from heat and abuse

  Jul 1, 2025 · Zabol, Iran

• Driver drowns in Rio Grande after fleeing Border Patrol vehicle stop

  Jun 27, 2025 · Rio Grande City, TX

• Migrant deaths surge in El Paso sector following Operation Lone Star implementation

  Jun 23, 2025 · Santa Teresa, NM

• Migrant deaths surge in El Paso desert following Operation Lone Star enforcement

  Jun 20, 2025 · El Paso, TX

• More migrants dying in desert west of El Paso

  Jun 16, 2025 · Santa Teresa, New Mexico / El Paso, Texas

• Smugglers use deadlier routes amid Trump's border clampdown

  Jun 16, 2025

• Deaths in New Mexico desert surge after Texas border crackdown

  Jun 16, 2025 · Santa Teresa, NM

• Guatemalan man drowns in American Canal after border crossing near El Paso

  Jun 15, 2025 · El Paso, TX

• ICE raids target undocumented workers clearing Eaton fire debris in LA recovery zone

  June 2025 · Altadena/Pasadena, California

• Arizona congresswoman demands answers about Eloy Detention Center conditions

  May 29, 2025 · Eloy, AZ

• Border wall expansion accelerates through national parks, wildlife habitat with environmental law exemptions

  May 21, 2025

• Person drowns during river crossing attempt near Rio Grande

  May 17, 2025 · Laredo, TX

• Coast Guard rescues two migrants struggling in Rio Grande

  May 12, 2025 · Rio Grande Valley, TX

• 15-year-old girl missing after heatstroke, abandoned in Eagle Pass, Texas

  May 9, 2025 · Eagle Pass, TX

• Migrant boat capsizes off San Diego; children dead, father in coma

  May 7, 2025 · San Diego, CA

• Pregnant Guatemalan woman lost in Arizona desert

  May 6, 2025 · Arizona

• Trump administration jails immigrants in federal prisons with horrific conditions

  May 1, 2025

• Texas teenager charged in smuggling deaths after woman, boy drown in canal

  Mar 29, 2025 · McAllen, TX

• Two people die after vehicle plunges into canal in Texas.

  Mar 28, 2025 · McAllen, TX

• Three migrants found dead crossing border in freezing conditions

  Mar 21, 2025 · San Diego, CA

• Venezuelan man drowns in Rio Grande attempting U.S. entry

  Mar 20, 2025

• Three migrants die in separate border crossing incidents during winter storm near San Diego

  Mar 14, 2025 · San Diego, CA

• Family of four rescued from near-fatal winter crossing into Canada

  Mar 7, 2025 · Mooers, NY

• Venezuelan migrant dies crossing Rio Grande, buried in Texas

  Mar 7, 2025 · Eagle Pass, TX

• Rescue group recovers migrant remains in Arizona desert

  Feb 19, 2025 · Tucson, AZ

• Undocumented Workers Clean Up L.A. Fires Amid ICE Raids

  Feb 18, 2025 · Los Angeles, CA

• Nigerian man loses six fingers due to untreated frostbite at ICE detention facility

  Feb 10, 2025 · Batavia, NY

• Migrant woman's body found at Arizona-Mexico border wall

  Jan 13, 2025 · Sásabe, AZ

• Climate Injustice Harms Displaced People at U.S.-Mexico Border

  Jan 1, 2025 · Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and El Paso, Texas

• Why migrants die crossing into US border

  Jan 1, 2025 · U.S.-Mexico border