Refugee

48 documented incidents tagged “Refugee” in the Human Impact Project database. View all on the interactive map.

• Stateless Laotian refugee, US resident since infancy, redetained by ICE despite decade of compliance

  Sep 3, 2026 · Santa Clara County, CA

• Port Angeles refugee arrested at work, faces deportation to Laos

  Sep 1, 2026 · Port Angeles, WA

• Judge orders release of South Sudanese woman held in Iowa jail by ICE

  Jul 16, 2026 · Pottawattamie County, IA

• Somali refugee deported after rapid multi-state transfers, beaten and shackled

  Jun 9, 2026 · Massachusetts

• Refugee detained at ICE appointment after 24 years complying with supervision order

  Jun 8, 2026 · Lincoln, NE

• Atlanta father deported to Vietnam after 8 months detention, separated from newborn son

  Jun 8, 2026

• Laotian refugee received ICE letter, avoided deportation with legal help

  May 29, 2026 · WA

• Laotian Refugee Re-Detained by ICE After 24 Years on Supervision

  May 19, 2026 · Oakland, CA

• Green card holder detained by ICE despite commuted sentence and vacated conviction

  May 18, 2026 · California, CA

• Cambodian Refugee Detained After 25 Years on Supervised Release

  May 4, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• ICE targets Hmong and Laotian refugees for detention and deportation

  Apr 23, 2026 · OR

• Two Bhutanese refugees detained in Pennsylvania by ICE

  Apr 16, 2026 · Dauphin County, PA

• Nearly blind Rohingya refugee dies after Border Patrol left him alone in freezing Buffalo cold

  Apr 1, 2026 · Buffalo, NY

• Iranian asylum seeker held 298 days despite court order, finally freed after judge rules detention unlawful

  Mar 27, 26 · Irvine, CA

• DACA recipient truck driver loses license under Trump administration crackdown

  Mar 16, 2026

• Trump administration escalates immigration enforcement with mass deportations and detentions

  Mar 15, 2026 · Orlando, FL

• Minnesota's Laotian refugees swept up in mass deportations

  Mar 14, 2026 · Minnesota, MN

• Trump Administration Converts Warehouses Into Immigration Detention Centers

  Mar 12, 2026 · Roxbury, NJ

• Texas refugees detained under Trump policy requiring impossible green card deadline

  Mar 9, 2026 · Texas

• Afghan refugees in Qatar camp endure missile attacks amid Iran war

  Mar 5, 2026 · Doha, Qatar

• US deportation policy increases enforcement against resettled Bhutanese refugees

  Mar 3, 2026

• Federal judge blocks Minnesota refugee arrests, detention in lawsuit victory

  Feb 27, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Teen refugee detained overnight in hotel room by ICE agents, prompts protests

  Feb 14, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• ICE detains asylum seekers in Minnesota, uses facial recognition in enforcement operations

  Feb 6, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Burmese refugee mother detained while breastfeeding released by federal court order

  Feb 3, 2026 · Minnesota

• DHS policy reinterprets law, threatens detention of legal refugees

  Feb 1, 2026

• Pardoned by State, Detained by ICE Next Day

  Jan 27, 2026 · Minnesota

• Minnesota Laotian refugees swept up in mass deportations

  Jan 24, 2026 · Brooklyn Park, MN

• St. Cloud refugee mother arrested, detained in Texas during Operation PARRIS

  Jan 10, 2026 · St. Cloud, MN

• Cambodian refugee dies in ICE custody at Philadelphia detention center

  Jan 10, 2026 · Philadelphia, PA

• Refugees challenge Trump administration detention policy in Minnesota

  Jan 9, 2026 · Minnesota, MN

• Laotian refugee detained by ICE missed chemotherapy, now dying of terminal cancer

  Jan 2026 · St. Paul, MN

• Refugee faces deportation to Bhutan despite persecution fears

  Dec 11, 2025 · Michigan

• Human rights violations at Florida detention facilities documented

  Dec 2, 2025 · Florida, United States

• Maryland mother deported to Vietnam after ICE detention

  Nov 19, 2025 · Baltimore, MD

• ICE Enforcement in Chicago Escalates: Lawmaker Threatened, Families Separated

  Oct 29, 2025 · Chicago, IL

• Bard Student, Afghan Refugee, Detained by ICE After Immigration Interview

  Oct 17, 2025 · Red Hook, NY

• Melissa Tran, Maryland mother of five, released after five months ICE detention.

  Oct 15, 2025 · Hagerstown, MD

• Cambodian genocide refugee deported to Eswatini after 40 years in the United States

  Oct 6, 2025

• Laotian Refugee Detained, Released, Now Faces Renewed Deportation Threat

  Sep 10, 2025 · Tukwila, WA

• Hmong refugee detained by ICE after 47 years in U.S., now held in Louisiana

  Jul 30, 2025 · Stryker, OH

• Federal Court Orders Release of Laotian Man After 25-Year Supervised Release

  Jul 29, 2025 · Iowa

• Tibetan asylum seeker detained six months, nearly deported to Uganda

  Jul 12, 2025 · Buffalo, NY

• Sanford grandfather detained by ICE after 70 years in U.S.

  Jul 2025 · Sanford, FL

• Wife detained 187 days, husband maintains Trump support

  Jun 30, 2025 · Diamond Bar, CA

• Senior citizen detained by ICE faces deportation to Vietnam

  May 21, 2025 · Dorchester, MA

• US judge blocks Trump administration from detaining refugees

  Mar 23, 2025 · Boston, MA

• Ukrainian Green Card Holder Detained by ICE After Facebook Sting Operation

  Feb 15, 2025 · Spokane, WA