Retaliation/Intimidation

197 documented incidents tagged “Retaliation/Intimidation” in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• Guatemalan man deported after months in freezing ICE detention following worksite raid

  Sep 21, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Phoenix man deported to Equatorial Guinea beaten by police, goes missing after speaking to press

  Sep 20, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

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

  Sep 18, 2026 · Ochopee, FL

• Teen US citizens pepper-sprayed, one's wrist broken by ICE while filming stop near school

  Sep 15, 2026 · Alamo, TX

• Eritrean refugee deported to Equatorial Guinea beaten, jailed after filming detention abuse

  Sep 11, 2026 · Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

• Victor Salgado Araujo held 54 days by ICE as witness to agent's killing of his brother

  Aug 31, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Father, 9-year-old daughter detained after ICE lures girl from home, later freed

  Aug 28, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

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

  Aug 25, 2026 · Fort Myers, FL

• Man questioned by Secret Service at home over private anti-ICE messages

  Aug 20, 2026 · Carrollton, VA

• Haitian driver detained on Sherman Avenue as neighbor is threatened by ICE agent

  Aug 19, 2026 · Springfield, OH

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

  Aug 18, 2026 · Sacramento, CA

• Worker taken from Weslaco construction site by ICE agents without warrant

  Aug 17, 2026 · Weslaco, TX

• 72-Year-Old Woman Pepper-Sprayed by ICE Agent While Filming Enforcement Operation in Manhattan

  Aug 17, 2026 · New York, NY

• Guatemalan man detained by ICE after calling 911 to report Home Depot shooting

  Aug 14, 2026 · Houston, TX

• 19-year-old U.S. citizen detained by ICE after recording enforcement operation, used as bait for father

  Aug 10, 2026 · Boise, ID

• Suit alleges Homeland Security targeted immigration enforcement observers

  Aug 9, 2026

• Elderly woman pepper-sprayed by DHS agent while filming in Inwood

  Jul 30, 2026 · Inwood, NY

• Adelanto detainees zip-tied, threatened with teargas after staging hunger strike

  Jul 28, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Man detained by ICE in front of wife and children on Chicago street

  Jul 24, 2026 · Chicago, IL

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

  Jul 24, 2026 · Richmond, VA

• Woman protester shot in foot by detention center employee at Aurora ICE facility

  Jul 18, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• ICE agent slammed handcuffed man's face into wall, assaulted bystander recording, St. Charles

  Jul 16, 2026 · St. Charles, MO

• Detainees at Fort Bliss beaten by guards, denied medical care in widespread abuse documented by ACLU and Human Rights Watch

  Jul 16, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Detainees report indiscriminate beatings, medical neglect at Fort Bliss immigration detention camp

  Jul 15, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Bakery owner arrested as ICE surrounds Lake Worth business; family disputes criminal claims

  Jul 9, 2026 · Lake Worth Beach, FL

• Rochester man tracked to hotel after emailing ICE director critical letter

  Jul 6, 2026 · Rochester, NY

• Couple violently arrested by ICE from food market in Milwaukee

  Jun 29, 2026 · Milwaukee, WI

• ICE arrests mother during warrantless operation outside Baltimore school

  Jun 25, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Asylum seeker detained 2 years exposes ICE abuse through LA Times op-ed, files habeas petitions

  Jun 25, 2026 · California City, CA

• Poll worker confronted by federal agents at voting location over social media post criticizing ICE officer

  Jun 24, 2026 · Syracuse, NY

• Dozens arrested in ICE and sheriff's operation in Ruckersville before Virginia law takes effect

  Jun 23, 2026 · Ruckersville, VA

• Mosque president detained 80 days for Palestinian advocacy, judge orders release

  Jun 18, 2026 · Milwaukee, WI

• Belizean hunger strike organizer deported after testifying to Congress about Adelanto jail conditions

  Jun 16, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Palestinian green card holder arrested at citizenship interview, deportation ordered then appealed

  Jun 12, 2026 · Vermont

• British journalist detained at airport, released after judges found freedom of speech breaches

  Jun 8, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Hundreds protest hunger strike at Newark detention center; senator pepper sprayed, dozens arrested

  Jun 8, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Prominent photographer's camera smashed by ICE agents at Newark detention center protests

  May 31, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Reuters photojournalist struck with baton, finger broken while covering Newark detention protests

  May 31, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Man tasered and detained by ICE agents during traffic stop in Santa Paula parking lot

  May 31, 2026 · Santa Paula, CA

• 300 detainees at Delaney Hall stage hunger strike over unsafe conditions, face retaliation

  May 31, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Six ICE protesters' case collapses over prosecutorial misconduct

  May 21, 2026 · Broadview, IL

• Cuban immigrant detained 10 months, denied bond hearing, placed in solitary for complaints

  May 20, 2026 · Pearsall, TX

• Immigration activists' homes raided, teenager handcuffed during federal search operation

  May 14, 2026 · Oxnard, CA

• Cuban detainee transferred across four states after hunger strike, then deported

  May 11, 2026 · Estancia, NM

• Volunteer medic carried into detention center and detained for helping pepper-sprayed protesters

  May 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Immigration lawsuit plaintiff arrested twice in retaliation, released after court intervention

  Apr 24, 2026 · Pasadena, CA

• Judge halts DHS coercive advisals pressuring undocumented children to self-deport

  Apr 11, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Mother of 2 Detained by ICE After Testifying in Court

  Apr 8, 2026 · New Jersey

• Mosque President Detained by ICE Over 1998 Green Card Application

  Apr 7, 2026 · Milwaukee, WI

• José Ignacio De La Cruz, organizer, released on bond after federal charges.

  Apr 2, 2026 · Burlington, VT

• Minnesota Democrats report ICE harassment during immigration surge

  Mar 25, 2026 · Shakopee, MN

• Community demands Arlington City Council support detained DACA recipient

  Mar 24, 2026 · Arlington, TX

• Spanish-language reporter detained by ICE, released on bond after challenging arrest

  Mar 20, 2026 · Nashville, TN

• Palestinian activist released after year in ICE detention following seizure

  Mar 16, 2026 · Paterson, NJ

• U.S. Citizen and legal observer rammed by ICE, hospitalized while handcuffed

  Mar 10, 2026 · Simi Valley, CA

• Trans organizer detained at ICE check-in, held in men's facility despite advocacy work

  Mar 9, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Peruvian asylum-seeking family separated and detained at immigration appointment

  Mar 1, 2026 · Thousand Oaks, CA

• Activist's phone seized at airport without warrant, subjected to pattern of federal harassment

  Mar 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Officials detain and cite volunteers documenting ICE arrests

  Feb 27, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• U.S. citizen's truck window smashed by ICE agents, detained and released bleeding, files $1.25M lawsuit

  Feb 27, 2026 · Charlotte, NC

• ICE monitors San Diego activists through Operation Road Flare

  Feb 23, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Two Jamaican men beaten, maced for reporting abuse at detention center

  Feb 22 · Moore Haven, FL

• Immigration agents using obscure law to detain U.S. citizens

  Feb 19, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• More than 80 Minnesotans detail use-of-force, intimidation by ICE agents in lawsuit

  Feb 16, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Mother of seven arrested by ICE while observing enforcement operation in Minnesota

  Feb 10, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Google handed over student journalist data to ICE without court approval

  Feb 9, 2026 · Ithaca, NY

• Turkish doctoral student detained for pro-Palestinian op-ed; removal proceedings terminated

  Feb 9, 2026 · Somerville, MA

• ICE staff raid dormitories, destroy children's letters detailing detention conditions

  Feb 9, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• ICE Whistleblower Alleges Severe Overcrowding, Inhumane Conditions at Baltimore Facility

  Feb 6, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Twin Cities resident says she is being targeted for documenting ICE agents

  Feb 4, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Elderly woman shot in head, veteran assaulted at Portland ICE facility protests; ACLU sues DHS

  Jan 31, 2026 · Portland, OR

• ICE observer sues federal agents for intimidation tactics in Maine

  Jan 30, 2026 · South Portland, ME

• ICE Officer Pepper-Sprays Community Observers in Santa Barbara

  Jan 28, 2026 · Santa Barbara, CA

• Detainees punished for seeking legal help at Florida detention center, lawsuit alleges

  Jan 28, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Florida detainees punished for seeking legal help

  Jan 28, 2026 · Florida

• ICE agents question woman in Walmart parking lot; retaliation claim alleged

  Jan 27, 2026 · Minnesota

• U.S. Army Captain arrested for peacefully protesting ICE

  Jan 27, 2026

• Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees

  Jan 26, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Legal observer arrested and injured by ICE agents during Minnesota enforcement surge

  Jan 24, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• DHS investigates Bovino remarks about Minnesota prosecutor

  Jan 24, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

• ICE Agents Leave Death Cards on Immigrants' Cars

  Jan 24, 2026

• Three Venezuelan asylum seekers arrested in front of elementary school

  Jan 23, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• ICE Agent Threatens to Return for Man's Whole Family

  Jan 23, 2026 · Biddeford, Maine

• Social worker scanned and labeled domestic terrorist for recording ICE operation

  Jan 23, 2026 · Portland, ME

• Immigration enforcement creating traumatized generation of children

  Jan 22, 2026 · Columbia Heights, Minnesota

• Social worker detained at ICE detention center protest in Florida

  Jan 22, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Ecuadorian roofer says ICE agent threatened to return for his family

  Jan 21, 2026 · Biddeford, ME

• Observer threatened with domestic terrorist watchlist for recording ICE at Home Depot

  Jan 21, 2026 · Portland, ME

• ICE Raid on U.S. Citizen Sparks St. Paul Protest, Leading to Federal Indictments

  Jan 20, 2026 · Saint Paul, MN

• Dakota woman detained 48 hours by ICE agents in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

  Jan 16, 2026 · Brooklyn Center, MN

• Photographer Tackled by ICE Agents in Minneapolis Protest

  Jan 15, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Photographer Sprayed with Chemical Irritant by ICE Agent While Documenting Arrest

  Jan 14, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Minneapolis neighbors organize ICE Watch resistance by thousands

  Jan 14, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• U.S. citizen realtor detained by ICE for 10 hours after recording agents

  Jan 13, 2026 · Woodbury, MN

• Minneapolis ICE detention: US citizens held without charge

  Jan 13, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Legal observer pepper-sprayed, arrested while recording ICE in Minneapolis

  Jan 11, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• ICE detains U.S. citizen Coast Guard veteran during cruise ship operation

  Jan 7, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Pastor detained by ICE at protest, released after agents say 'you're White'

  Jan 7, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• South Carolina Restaurant Owner Charged for Joining Anti-ICE Student Group Chat

  Jan 4, 2026 · Summerville, SC

• DHS seeks to deport witnesses to detainee death in Texas

  Jan 3, 2026 · Texas