Litigation

1,435 documented incidents tagged “Litigation” in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• Rideshare driver detained at Camp Pendleton gate despite valid work permit

  Aug 23, 2026 · Oceanside, CA

• Colombian father detained after ICE ambushes his car in Queens

  Aug 21, 2026 · College Point, NY

• Venezuelan man deported to Liberia despite pending habeas case

  Aug 21, 2026 · TX

• Delaney Hall detainees seek crime-victim visas after alleged abuse during protests

  Aug 20, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Judge appoints monitors after migrant children held far past legal detention limit

  Aug 20, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Mexico pursues legal action over 17 deaths of its nationals in ICE custody

  Aug 19, 2026

• Woman held six weeks after ICE arrest at Denver airport over unclear deportation order

  August 18, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Universities, unions sue to block new limit on international student visa status

  Aug 18, 2026 · Boston, MA

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

  Aug 18, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Emails show ICE coordinated with Iran on deportation flights amid rising tensions

  August 18, 2026

• Former Cuban judge detained by ICE outside Florida home, denies Communist Party ties

  Aug 18, 2026 · Cooper City, FL

• Husband detained 250 days as wife awaits word on his release

  Aug 18, 2026

• DOJ moves to revive smuggling charges against wrongly deported Salvadoran man

  Aug 18, 2026 · Sacramento, CA

• Federal judge poised to restrict warrantless immigration arrests in Los Angeles

  Aug 13, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Cuban detainee's bid to block deportation and win release denied by federal court

  Aug 12, 2026 · Pine Prairie, LA

• West Hollywood man detained by ICE during check-in, friends fear deportation to Guyana

  Aug 12, 2026 · West Hollywood, CA

• 9-year-old with special medical needs held at Montana Border Patrol station, lawyers say

  Aug 11, 2026 · Billings, MT

• Indian national detained at Adelanto ICE facility seeks second emergency release order after dismissing prior case

  Aug 11, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Honduran woman with withholding of removal order fights ICE detention and third-country deportation

  Aug 11, 2026 · Chantilly, VA

• Grandmother, special-needs teacher detained by ICE despite dismissed deportation case

  Aug 11, 2026 · Charlotte, NC

• Guatemalan teen sponsored by aunt detained by ICE outside his Daly City home

  Aug 10, 2026 · Daly City, CA

• Suit alleges Homeland Security targeted immigration enforcement observers

  Aug 9, 2026

• New Jersey launches civil rights investigation into Delaney Hall ICE detention center

  Aug 8, 2026 · Newark, NJ

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

  Aug 7, 2026 · Honolulu, HI

• Trump signs orders restricting birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants

  Aug 7, 2026

• Judge allows Trump administration to end TPS for South Sudanese nationals

  Aug 7, 2026

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

  Aug 7, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Coral Gables woman admits faking ICE title to derail deportation cases

  Aug 6, 2026 · Miami, FL

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

  Aug 6, 2026 · Dallas, TX

• ICE held in contempt for deporting 50+ asylum-seeking minors despite court order

  Aug 6, 2026 · MD

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

  Aug 6, 2026 · New York, NY

• Ethiopian asylum holder repeatedly detained despite judge's orders, contempt ruling pending

  Aug 6, 2026 · Baton Rouge, LA

• Supreme Court likely to reject Trump birthright citizenship order

  Aug 5, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• 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

• Trafficking survivors and vulnerable children face accelerated deportations under Trump administration

  Aug 5, 2026 · Pittsburgh, PA

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

  Aug 5, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Detained migrants use constitutional remedy to challenge detention, avoid legal fees

  Aug 4, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Children exposed to arsenic, lead at now-closed Miami detention center

  Aug 4, 2026 · Homestead, FL

• Pastor paralyzed after ICE denies food, water, medication in North Carolina detention

  Aug 4, 2026 · Cary, NC

• Salvadoran father dies in ICE custody at Delaney Hall after alleged medical neglect

  Aug 4, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Canadian woman deported after slapping teenager on New Jersey boardwalk, husband disputes account

  Aug 4, 2026 · Point Pleasant Beach, NJ

• Kosovo man with CAT protection detained by ICE challenges detention in federal habeas petition

  Aug 3, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Venezuelan husband detained by ICE while U.S. citizen wife battles breast cancer

  Aug 3, 2026 · Coconut Creek, FL

• Egyptian asylum seeker detained at ICE check-in challenges detention without bond hearing

  Aug 3, 2026 · Mason, TN

• 72-Year-Old Activist Pepper-Sprayed by ICE Agent in Manhattan, Sues Under New Law

  Aug 3, 2026 · New York, NY

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

  Aug 3, 2026 · Pompano Beach, FL

• ICE detainee shows video of contaminated water with worms at California facility

  Aug 3, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Honduran man deported to Senegal says he had asylum protection, demands return to U.S.

  Aug 3, 2026 · Senegal

• Ana Granados Sanchez deported with medical tube attached, against hospital orders

  Aug 3, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• Woman alleges ICE agents threw her to ground, head-slammed her in New Jersey

  Aug 2, 2026 · New Jersey

• Court Orders Release of SIJS Petitioner from Immigration Detention

  Aug 2, 2026 · Denver, CO

• ACLU sues ICE over warrantless arrests, citizen detention in Ohio

  Aug 2, 2026 · Columbus, OH

• Marine Veteran's Father Sues ICE and DHS for Deportation

  Aug 2, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Seattle contractor detained by ICE, flown to Texas without court hearing; community rallies for release

  Aug 2, 2026 · Seattle, WA

• Man detained by ICE wins court order blocking removal while habeas petition proceeds

  Jul 31, 2026 · CA

• Man detained for a year as material witness stays jailed despite release order, later held by ICE

  Jul 31, 2026 · Montgomery, AL

• Honduran immigrant detained by ICE wins habeas corpus challenge to mandatory detention

  Jul 31, 2026 · Pottsville, PA

• Syrian restaurant owner and caregiver detained at ICE check-in, later released on bond

  Jul 31, 2026 · New Jersey

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

  Jul 31, 2026 · Oakland, CA

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

  Jul 31, 2026 · New York, NY

• Colombian asylum seeker detained at immigration court hearing, wins habeas petition

  Jul 31, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Mexican national detained as 'collateral' wins right to bond hearing

  Jul 31, 2026 · Racine, WI

• Permanent resident denied insulin, malaria treatment during seven-month ICE detention

  Jul 31, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Guatemalan man detained after decade in US held without bond hearing, court expedites habeas case

  Jul 30, 2026 · Philipsburg, PA

• Armenian man detained by ICE after two years of freedom, wife expecting child

  Jul 30, 2026

• Federal judge orders release of man unlawfully detained by CBP in Montana

  Jul 30, 2026 · Lewistown, MT

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

  Jul 30, 2026 · Laredo, TX

• ICE detains noncitizen at Rhode Island facility without lawful authority

  Jul 30, 2026 · Rhode Island

• Immigrant detained at South Texas ICE Processing Center challenges detention

  Jul 30, 2026 · Pearsall, TX

• Laotian refugee detained without notice after 26-year supervision release

  Jul 30, 2026

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

  Jul 30, 2026 · TX

• Hastily opened detention center faces lawsuits over conditions, medical neglect, solitary confinement

  Jul 30, 2026 · California City, CA

• Nursing mother Maria Perez detained by ICE, separated from infant and toddler with Down syndrome

  Jul 30, 2026 · Nashville, TN

• Nepali man challenges constitutionality of federal immigration detention

  Jul 29, 2026 · Laredo, TX

• Ecuadorian immigrant detained in Philadelphia based on mistaken identity

  Jul 29, 2026 · Philadelphia, PA

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

  Jul 29, 2026 · Magnolia Park, 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

• Ethiopian man repeatedly re-detained by ICE despite court orders, official held in contempt

  Jul 28, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Colombian woman detained at airport without hearing challenges ICE detention

  Jul 28, 2026 · Ontario, California

• Mexican national detained for 6 days wins right to bond hearing

  Jul 28, 2026 · Farmville, VA

• Egyptian National Detained Seeks Release from Tennessee Immigration Facility

  Jul 28, 2026 · Tennessee

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

  Jul 28, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• N.H. mother targeted for denaturalization amid widening Trump crackdown on foreign-born citizens

  Jul 28, 2026 · Nashua, NH

• California's largest ICE detention center fails to provide adequate medical care

  Jul 28, 2026 · California City, CA

• Nicaraguan asylum seeker detained at routine ICE check-in after 43 months on parole

  Jul 27, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Nicaraguan man detained after 15 years under supervision challenges ICE detention

  Jul 27, 2026 · Ferriday, LA

• Immigration judges issue 100,000+ deportation orders in accelerated hearings

  Jul 27, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Iranian detainee Houman Rashidy ordered released after 13 months in custody, judge grants habeas relief

  Jul 27, 2026 · Torrance County, NM

• Ecuadorian asylum seeker held without bond wins habeas release after mandatory detention challenge

  Jul 25, 2026 · Clinton County, PA

• Judge orders release of Guatemalan asylee after 'erroneous, prolonged detention'

  Jul 25, 2026 · Las Vegas, NV

• Nigerian man restrained in WRAP device during ICE deportation to Ghana

  Jul 25, 2026

• Mexican national detained by ICE wins habeas corpus case, entitled to bond hearing

  Jul 24, 2026 · Ocean City, MD

• Guatemalan woman granted withholding of removal detained by ICE after complying with check-in

  Jul 24, 2026

• Father and mother detained by ICE outside Baltimore school, federal judges order releases

  Jul 24, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Georgetown scholar detained for pro-Palestinian speech wins appeal, ICE re-detention rejected

  Jul 24, 2026 · Richmond, VA

• Cambodian refugee detained by ICE after 28 years of check-ins, hundreds protest his detention

  Jul 23, 2026 · Providence, RI

• Colombian man prevented from self-deporting, ordered released after ICE detention

  Jul 23, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Detained man files habeas petition challenging ICE detention in Minnesota

  Jul 22, 2026 · MN