Use of Force

963 documented incidents tagged “Use of Force” in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• Nurse thrown to ground by ICE agent outside NJ detention center, seeks $500,000

  Oct 6, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Amnesty International documents racial profiling, unlawful force in ICE operations across four cities

  Oct 5, 2026

• Officials clash with ICE at Newark detention center amid hunger strike, mayor arrested

  Oct 5, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• US citizen teen tackled, bloodied by ICE in mistaken Bronx arrest; judge calls it illegal

  Oct 5, 2026 · Bronx, NY

• Man mistaken for fugitive beaten and detained by ICE agents in Evanston, hospitalized

  Oct 4, 2026 · Evanston, IL

• ICE agent shoots Venezuelan DoorDash driver in back, leaves him partially paralyzed

  Oct 4, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Bodycam footage contradicts ICE account of US citizen's fatal shooting in Texas

  Oct 4, 2026 · South Padre Island, TX

• Venezuelan man shot through door by ICE agent during raid; agent later charged

  Oct 4, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Ecuadorian man says ICE agents beat him after refusing fingerprinting in Georgia

  Oct 3, 2026 · Folkston, GA

• Refugee deported to Equatorial Guinea despite protection order, beaten in custody

  Oct 2, 2026

• US citizen punched by ICE agent during Naples Manor van stop, protest planned

  Oct 2, 2026 · Naples Manor, FL

• Masked ICE agents pull landscaper from work truck in Everett, witness films arrest

  Oct 2, 2026 · Everett, WA

• Woman pepper-sprayed by ICE agent after confronting vehicles at Astoria port

  Oct 2, 2026 · Astoria, OR

• LPR roofing company owner thrown to ground, injured by ICE agents in Michigan

  Oct 1, 2026 · Ypsilanti, MI

• Man Arrested by ICE at Meriden courthouse

  Oct 1, 2026 · Meriden, CT

• Cuban father dies after guard restraint at ICE facility, death ruled homicide

  Sep 30, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Angolan asylum seeker tackled, tased at neck during New Bedford ICE arrest

  Sep 30, 2026 · New Bedford, MA

• ICU nurse and U.S. citizen Alex Pretti shot 10 times by federal agents in Minneapolis

  Sep 30, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Minneapolis mother and legal observer fatally shot by ICE agent during enforcement operation

  Sep 30, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Three Honduran brothers detained by ICE in New Bedford grocery store parking lot

  Sep 28, 2026 · New Bedford, MA

• Cuban man held over a year by ICE, misses newborn granddaughter's birth, fights deportation

  Sep 27, 2026 · West Palm Beach, FL

• Teen U.S. citizen pepper-sprayed, wrist broken by ICE while filming raid near school

  Sep 27, 2026 · Alamo, TX

• DACA recipient deported to Mexico despite valid status, separated from three U.S. citizen children

  Sep 26, 2026 · Alamo, TX

• St. Paul man held at Guantánamo, allegedly beaten, deported to Somalia after mother's death

  Sep 25, 2026 · St. Paul, MN

• ICE kicks 63-year-old landscaper to ground in San Antonio, fracturing skull and arm

  Sep 25, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Mexican man thrown to ground by ICE while buying wood, son arrested intervening

  Sep 25, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Judge orders ICE to fix squalid detention conditions at NYC facility

  Sep 24, 2026 · New York, NY

• Dozens detained in multi-day ICE sweep in Danbury, families separated

  Sep 23, 2026 · Danbury, CT

• Brazilian man dragged from car by ICE agents despite marriage to U.S. citizen

  Sep 23, 2026 · Fall River, MA

• Legal observer says ICE agent pointed gun at her in Immokalee

  Sep 23, 2026 · Immokalee, FL

• Medford man's vehicle window broken, handcuffed by ICE at work in mistaken arrest

  Sep 23, 2026 · Medford, OR

• Two activists hurt as ICE clash erupts outside Meriden courthouse

  Sep 23, 2026 · Meriden, CT

• Guatemalan father detained by ICE after dropping daughter off at school

  Sep 22, 2026 · New Bedford, MA

• Guatemalan asylum seeker dragged from car after agents smash window in New Bedford

  Sep 22, 2026 · New Bedford, MA

• Guatemalan father pulled from car in front of young daughters during New Bedford ICE sweep

  Sep 21, 2026 · New Bedford, MA

• Three Honduran brothers detained together during Market Basket grocery run

  Sep 21, 2026 · New Bedford, MA

• US citizen construction worker detained repeatedly by ICE despite valid Alabama ID, sues DHS

  Sep 21, 2026 · Foley, AL

• Teen hit by chemical projectile as police break up Austin protest over ICE shooting

  Sep 20, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Man forcibly restrained by ICE agents inside Florida supermarket

  Sep 19, 2026 · West Park, FL

• Cuban man beaten by ICE and deported to Equatorial Guinea despite promise of return

  Sep 19, 2026

• Federal agents repeatedly use tear gas, pepper spray on protesters at Broadview ICE facility

  Sep 19, 2026 · Broadview, IL

• Cuban man says he was locked in phone-booth-sized cage for 15 hours at 'Alligator Alcatraz'

  Sep 18, 2026 · Ochopee, FL

• Ukrainian barista released after seven weeks in ICE detention following viral SFO arrest

  Sep 17, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Mexican man arrested in Martinez after August driveway incident with officers

  Sep 17, 2026 · Martinez, CA

• Ilhan Omar's bill to defund ICE draws GOP backlash after deadly Minneapolis operation

  Sep 17, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Mother deported after Memphis nightclub raid, four children left with grandmother

  Sep 15, 2026 · Memphis, TN

• Phoenix man detained by ICE agents posing as electricians, family raises funds for bond

  Sep 15, 2026 · Mesa, AZ

• Woman maced by ICE agents during warrantless raid on NJ laundromat

  Sep 15, 2026 · Lindenwold, NJ

• Santa Barbara observer pepper-sprayed by ICE agent at county jail

  Sep 15, 2026 · Santa Barbara, CA

• Afghan ex-military interpreter and green card holder detained by ICE on terrorism allegations

  Sep 14, 2026 · St. Louis County, MO

• Judge blocks transfer of Montclair men detained by ICE amid force complaints

  Sep 14, 2026 · Bloomfield, NJ

• ICE smashes truck window, detains construction workers near Montclair elementary school

  Sep 14, 2026 · Montclair, NJ

• Man tased and thrown to ground by ICE agents during car stop, lawsuit says

  Sep 12, 2026 · MD

• Texas teens heading to enlist in Marines detained, pepper sprayed by ICE

  Sep 12, 2026 · Alamo, TX

• 16-year-old chased onto rooftop, detained at gunpoint by ICE agents

  Sep 12, 2026 · Livonia, MI

• Eritrean refugee deported to Equatorial Guinea beaten, held without lawyer access

  Sep 11, 2026 · Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

• Gay Brazilian man deported to Equatorial Guinea despite winning torture protection ruling

  Sep 11, 2026 · Orlando, FL

• Parents arrested by ICE after dropping children off at San Diego school

  Sep 10, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Nicaraguan man says agents shot, restrained him before deporting him to Central African Republic

  Sep 10, 2026

• ICE arrests father outside Encinitas elementary school during drop-off

  Sep 10, 2026 · Encinitas, CA

• Palestinian detainee says ICE broke his teeth after he refused deportation flight

  Sep 9, 2026 · Vancouver, WA

• Jamaican pastor deported to Equatorial Guinea remains held amid new abuse reports

  Sep 8, 2026

• Jamaican woman deported to Equatorial Guinea despite 2013 protection order

  Sep 8, 2026 · Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

• Deportees allege officers used force after refusing to leave flight to Liberia

  Sep 6, 2026

• Haitian pastor pulled from deportation flight after traffic stop, remains in ICE detention

  Sep 4, 2026 · York, PA

• ICE agents baton protesters during 40-hour Frederick, Maryland neighborhood standoff

  Sep 4, 2026 · Frederick, MD

• Cuban deportee with severe hernia allegedly beaten, denied care after being flown to two African countries

  Sep 4, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Two men detained as ICE raids Illinois factory without warrant

  Sep 3, 2026 · McCook, IL

• Mother deported despite bond, others detained in NY snack factory raid

  Sep 3, 2026 · Cato, NY

• Illinois man injured, detained in Evanston after ICE mistook him for fugitive

  Sep 1, 2026 · IL

• ICE detains about 100 people in days-long Danbury-area operation

  Aug 31, 2026 · Danbury, CT

• Venezuelan asylum-seeker slammed against wall, detained by ICE for 21 days at Atlanta airport

  Aug 29, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• Nicaraguan protester deported to Africa despite torture protection

  Aug 28, 2026 · TX

• Man hospitalized after ICE agent tases him during Danbury arrest

  Aug 28, 2026 · Danbury, CT

• ICE arrests 1,328 in DC-area sweep; Maryland governor disputes crime claims

  Aug 27, 2026 · VA

• U.S. citizen handcuffed by ICE at Atlanta airport in mistaken identity case

  Aug 27, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• Danbury baker tased and kicked by ICE agents outside his home, hospitalized

  Aug 27, 2026 · Danbury, CT

• Venezuelan asylum-seeker wrongly arrested by ICE, held a month before release

  Aug 27, 2026 · Lakewood, WA

• ICE agents seen throwing, kneeling on man's head during Danbury detention sweep

  Aug 27, 2026 · Danbury, CT

• ICE agents break car window to detain two men at Tacoma Home Depot

  Aug 27, 2026 · Tacoma, WA

• U.S. citizen thrown to ground, detained for hours by ICE in Passaic, NJ

  Aug 27, 2026 · Passaic, NJ

• 18-year-old beaten by ICE agents, left with broken wrist and swollen eye

  Aug 26, 2026 · CO

• Legal observers pepper sprayed, one hospitalized during Danbury ICE encounter

  Aug 26, 2026 · Danbury, CT

• Two immigrants shot by ICE agent during Operation Metro Surge, case later collapsed

  Aug 26, 2026 · MN

• Man threatened with pepper spray during arrest in front of Danbury preschool

  Aug 25, 2026 · Danbury, CT

• Woman pulled from car by ICE, Florida troopers while livestreaming

  Aug 25, 2026 · Fort Myers, FL

• Native American protester hospitalized after being tased and tackled outside ICE office

  Aug 25, 2026 · Sacramento, CA

• Dozens detained in Connecticut ICE sweep; senator demands federal investigation

  Aug 24, 2026 · Danbury, CT

• Guatemalan man restrained by ICE agents inside New York laundromat

  Aug 22, 2026 · NY

• Black bystander handcuffed by Border Patrol agent over immigrant assumption

  Aug 21, 2026 · Lake Worth Beach, FL

• Nigerian man beaten and tased in mistaken-identity ICE arrest in Bushwick

  Aug 21, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Venezuelan man beaten, detained by ICE agents while driving to work in Gainesville

  Aug 21, 2026 · Gainesville, GA

• Guatemalan man tackled and detained by ICE while eating outside NY home

  Aug 21, 2026 · New Rochelle, NY

• Miami Gardens man's deportation flight diverted to Equatorial Guinea after Liberia standoff

  Aug 20, 2026 · Miami Gardens, FL

• Six deportees still held in Equatorial Guinea in believed first fourth-country case

  Aug 20, 2026 · Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

• Cuban legal resident shoved off deportation plane, hospitalized in Equatorial Guinea

  Aug 20, 2026 · Lehigh Acres, FL

• Video shows ICE agents forcing women to ground during Fort Myers, Florida stop

  Aug 20, 2026 · Fort Myers, FL

• ICE detains three men in Syracuse stop, one tasered while resisting

  Aug 20, 2026 · Syracuse, NY

• Delaney Hall detainees report worsening conditions and contaminated water months after protests

  Aug 20, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Transgender asylum seeker held in men's Louisiana facility, denied hormone therapy

  Aug 20, 2026 · New York, NY