Refugee/Asylum Seeker

696 documented incidents tagged “Refugee/Asylum Seeker” 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

• Mother and daughter detained by ICE while being treated at Orlando-area hospital

  Aug 22, 2026 · Orlando, FL

• Transgender asylum seeker sexually assaulted in Michigan detention, later deported

  Aug 20, 2026 · MI

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

  Aug 20, 2026 · New York, NY

• Venezuelan construction worker detained by ICE during routine check-in in Cedar Rapids

  August 19, 2026 · Cedar Rapids, IA

• Deaf asylum seeker deported without interpreter, stranded in unfamiliar country

  Aug 19, 2026

• 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

• Pregnant Venezuelan woman detained by Border Patrol in Tucson traffic stop

  Aug 18, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• US citizen van driver stopped, five Haitian passengers detained by ICE in Springfield

  Aug 17, 2026 · Springfield, OH

• Padres minor-league coach detained by ICE at El Paso airport during work trip

  Aug 17, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Maine contractor detained seven months after traffic stop returns home with green card

  Aug 16, 2026 · Portland, ME

• Houston pastor detained by ICE at airport while traveling with wife

  Aug 12, 2026 · Houston, TX

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

  Aug 12, 2026 · Pine Prairie, LA

• Nicaraguan asylum-seeker defrauded by fake attorney, arrested at ICE check-in, deported

  Aug 11, 2026 · New Orleans, LA

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

  Aug 10, 2026 · Daly City, CA

• Argentine nanny arrested at Philadelphia airport, detained month in ICE custody, released on bond

  Aug 10, 2026 · Philadelphia, PA

• Haitian father detained by ICE in front of teen daughter after TPS ends

  Aug 9, 2026 · Salisbury, MD

• Venezuelan school custodian detained by ICE while driving to work, union demands release

  Aug 9, 2026 · St. Johns County, FL

• Argentine soccer player detained by ICE at Florida airport during domestic travel despite valid work permit

  Aug 9, 2026 · Fort Lauderdale, FL

• Asylum seeker detained in inhumane border conditions at 11, now thriving in Southold community

  Aug 8, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Haitian man with pending asylum case arrested at home, gun pointed at wife

  Aug 7, 2026 · White River Junction, VT

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

  Aug 7, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Venezuelan pastor detained by ICE at Houston airport while traveling with wife

  Aug 6, 2026 · Houston, TX

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

  Aug 6, 2026 · New York, NY

• Colombian DJ and husband detained by ICE at Chicago airport, later released on bond

  Aug 6, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Iranian woman held in Georgia detention faces deportation to Central African Republic

  Aug 4, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

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

  Aug 3, 2026 · Mason, TN

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

  Aug 3, 2026 · Pompano Beach, FL

• Hunger strikers subjected to force-feeding in ICE detention centers

  Aug 3, 2026 · Los Fresnos, TX; Miami, FL; Washington State; Houston, TX

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

  Aug 3, 2026 · Senegal

• Cuban asylum seeker deported to Central African Republic, left without ID or money

  Jul 31, 2026 · Miami, FL

• 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

• Venezuelan soccer player detained by ICE despite pending asylum case, family calls for release

  Jul 31, 2026 · Pompano Beach, FL

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

  Jul 31, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• MaineHealth nurse with pending asylum claim arrested by ICE at Portland Jetport

  Jul 30, 2026 · Portland, ME

• Oakland woman detained in Phoenix airport while awaiting asylum decision

  July 30, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

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

  Jul 30, 2026 · Nashville, TN

• Ukrainian barista detained at SFO after 15 years, transferred to desert facility facing deportation to war zone

  July 30, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Asylum seeker married to Trump voter detained at Burbank airport, held 16 days

  Jul 29, 2026 · Burbank, CA

• Haitian migrants in Springfield ordered to ICE check-ins, fitted with ankle monitors

  Jul 29, 2026 · Springfield, OH

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

  Mar 11, 2026 · Marlboro, MA

• Colombian woman detained at airport without hearing challenges ICE detention

  Jul 28, 2026 · Ontario, California

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

  Jul 27, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Venezuelan journalist Wilmer Solano detained by CBP despite valid work permit and pending asylum case

  Jul 27, 2026 · Miami Beach, FL

• Man from Burkina Faso confined a year at Newark detention center seeking asylum

  Jul 27, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Asylum seeker with valid work permit arrested without explanation, family seeks bond funds

  Jul 26, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Five community members detained during ICE check-ins at Malta field office

  Jul 26, 2026 · Malta, NY

• Asylum-seeking husband detained by ICE, separated from wife in New Jersey

  July 26, 2026 · Maplewood, NJ

• 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

• Venezuelan woman with pending asylum case detained by ICE at Houston airport

  Jul 24, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Guinean woman detained in Texas fights imminent removal to Ghana

  Jul 22, 2026 · Cameron County, Texas

• Ugandan sickle cell patient detained by ICE denied medication, hospitalized at Kentucky jail

  Jul 22, 2026 · Louisville, KY

• Community member detained by ICE at Denver DMV while applying for driver's license

  Jul 22, 2026 · Denver, CO

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

  Jul 21, 2026

• Mother detained at DNA test appointment while seeking custody of daughter in shelter

  Jul 21, 2026 · Texas

• Ecuadorian au pair detained by plainclothes ICE agents at Denver airport jet bridge

  Jul 21, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Chicago custodian detained by ICE at immigration appointment, separated from wife and children

  Jul 21, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Venezuelan kidney donor detained by ICE after brother's transplant complications

  Jul 21, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Sierra Leone native faces removal to Ghana despite threat to life, court halts deportation

  Jul 20, 2026

• Salvadoran man granted release after ICE re-detained him without hearing

  Jul 20, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Russian asylum seeker shackled, detained nearly a month after Niagara Falls trip

  Jul 20, 2026 · Buffalo, NY

• Russian asylum seeker Vlad deported to Moscow after missing hearing, feared conscription

  Jul 20, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• Adrian Mendoza detained in ICE raid at Kansas City food plant, wife notified through social media

  Jul 20, 2026 · Kansas City, KS

• Ukrainian refugee detained after two years in US challenges immigration hold

  Jul 19, 2026 · Cheyenne, WY

• Bellaire High School student detained by ICE at Houston airport with pending asylum case

  Jul 18, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Chinese human rights lawyer detained by ICE while delivering packages, faces deportation

  Jul 18, 2026 · Mount Holly Springs, PA

• Gay Burkina Faso asylum seeker redetained by ICE weeks after court ordered release

  Jul 17, 2026 · New York, NY

• Venezuelan woman detained at airport after clearing security, held 17 days before bond granted

  Jul 17, 2026 · Fort Lauderdale, FL

• El Salvador national detained by ICE in San Francisco without warrant presented

  Jul 17, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

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

  Jul 16, 2026 · Pottawattamie County, IA

• Asylum seeker detained at Manhattan immigration court despite judge's ban

  Jul 16, 2026 · Manhattan, NY

• Venezuelan DJ detained at Boston airport after World Cup visit, facing deportation

  Jul 16, 2026 · Boston, MA

• 72-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker detained at airport, denied bond hearing for weeks

  Jul 14, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Defected Venezuelan military officer detained at ICE check-in despite pending asylum

  Jul 14, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Haitian man arrested by ICE while shopping, asylum claim pending

  Jul 14, 2026 · San Juan, PR

• Flight attendant Lorenzo Thompson detained by ICE at Nashville airport despite valid work permit and pending asylum case

  Jul 14, 2026 · Nashville, TN

• Father detained by ICE after local custody release, asylum case pending

  July 14, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Man on valid visa arrested during asylum interview, separated from spouse and children

  Jul 14, 2026 · Bakersfield, CA

• Colombian man paroled into US detained without bond hearing, seeks habeas relief

  Jul 13, 2026 · Pike County, PA

• Chinese national re-detained at LAX after two years living lawfully in U.S.

  Jul 13, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Immigration detainee wins habeas corpus case after re-detention

  Jul 11, 2026 · Fresno, CA

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

  Jul 10, 2026 · Lake Worth Beach, FL

• Nicaraguan asylum applicant detained, court grants habeas petition

  Jul 9, 2026 · McFarland, CA

• Asylum seeker detained in Arizona fears for his life amid measles outbreak

  Jul 9, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• Venezuelan immigrant detained by ICE at Lake Placid hotel job

  Jul 8, 2026 · Lake Placid, NY

• Colombian father detained at gas station despite pending asylum case, released after 16 days

  Jul 8, 2026 · Doral, FL

• Venezuelan woman with valid TPS detained 9 months despite DHS acknowledgment of legal status

  Jul 7, 2026 · Arizona, AZ

• Georgian asylum seeker detained by ICE, challenges removal in federal court

  Jul 6, 2026 · Basile, LA

• Eritrean asylum seeker detained by ICE denied emergency release after one month in custody

  Jul 5, 2026 · Jonesboro, LA

• Indian asylum seeker detained by ICE after local arrest granted bond hearing

  Jul 5, 2026 · California

• Indian national detained at ICE office during check-in appointment

  Jul 3, 2026 · McFarland, CA

• Peruvian asylum seeker with two US citizen children detained by ICE at DMV, wins release

  Jul 1, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Venezuelan asylum-seeker detained at Atlanta airport by ICE agents

  Jul 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• Mexican man detained by ICE after asylum application pending, seeks bond hearing

  Jul 1, 2026 · San Ysidro, CA

• Venezuelan asylum seeker detained by ICE in Salt Lake City

  Jul 2026 · Salt Lake City, UT

• Man legally in asylum process detained at Chicago airport

  Jul 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Woman in asylum process detained at airport on way to father's funeral

  Jul 2026 · Washington, DC