Self-Deportation

126 documented incidents tagged “Self-Deportation” in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• Congolese woman with untreated thyroid condition self-deports from Cameroon shelter

  Sep 21, 2026

• Venezuelan man mistaken for brother, detained and pressured to sign self-deportation form

  Sep 19, 2026 · The Dalles, OR

• Mexican father detained outside Flagstaff home; wife and children self-deport

  Sep 17, 2026 · Flagstaff, AZ

• Bodybuilder detained at fake traffic stop, pursuing self-deportation

  Sep 10, 2026 · Dallas, TX

• Two family members detained by ICE outside home, pressured to self-deport

  Sep 9, 2026 · Amsterdam, NY

• Father self-deports to Mexico after traffic stop detention, family says

  Sep 7, 2026 · Santa Monica, CA

• Father detained at car wash, Cuban man detained taking out trash, amid ICE arrest surge

  Sep 5, 2026 · Culver City, CA

• Former Haitian ombudsman Renan Hédouville deported to Haiti alongside 78 others

  Sep 4, 2026 · Montgomery, AL

• Man fined $1.8 million by DHS months after self-deporting to Mexico

  Sep 1, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Pregnant Venezuelan mother detained without medical care after self-deportation interview

  Aug 31, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Purple Heart veteran from Hawaii pardoned by NY governor after self-deporting to South Korea

  Aug 31, 2026 · New York, NY

• Father and 5-year-old son detained at traffic stop, deported together to Mexico

  Aug 25, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Mother and epileptic daughter handcuffed at Florida hospital after crash, later self-deport

  Aug 25, 2026 · Orlando, FL

• 5-year-old boy detained with father in Austin traffic stop, held at Dilley facility

  Aug 20, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Father self-deports after ICE detains wife, teen son dies of cancer

  Aug 19, 2026 · San Bernardino, CA

• Guatemalan man held over a week at 72-hour ICE facility despite signing voluntary departure

  Aug 17, 2026 · Miramar, FL

• Fear of ICE Operations Pushes New York Immigrants to Consider Self-Deportation

  Aug 12, 2026 · New York, NY

• Mother and father face deportation, leaving children with genetic disorder in state custody

  Aug 11, 2026 · Indiantown, FL

• Detained Filipino father transferred to Mississippi as county probes ICE cooperation

  Aug 10, 2026 · Jersey City, NJ

• Ravenswood parent detained, family chooses self-deportation together

  Aug 9, 2026 · Ravenswood, CA

• Military families of active-duty troops detained and deported as Trump administration reverses longstanding protections

  Aug 9, 2026 · New York, NY

• Wyoming immigrant activist flees as red states embrace ICE cooperation

  Aug 2, 2026 · Jackson, WY

• Missouri woman self-deported to reunite with husband, both shot dead in Guatemala weeks later

  Jul 26, 2026 · Overland, MO

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

  Jul 23, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Colombian man detained by ICE despite bid to self-deport, judge orders release

  Jul 22, 2026 · New York, NY

• Father self-deports to India, mother and child relocate after ICE arrest

  July 19, 2026 · Greenbrier, TN

• Ecuadorian man arrested in Bushwick for failing to comply with detention alternative program

  Jul 13, 2026 · Bushwick, NY

• Baker turns himself in to ICE to protect his children from detention

  Jul 9, 2026 · Lake Worth, FL

• All three men held after Houston ICE shooting now released as case nears grand jury

  Jul 7, 2026 · Houston, TX

• Colombian father deported after ICE detention, family self-deports to reunite

  Jul 1, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Venezuelan father and 11-year-old son detained by ICE outside El Paso home

  Jul 1, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Gay Turkish asylum seeker deported to Central African Republic despite protection order

  Jul 1, 2026

• Honduras mother forced to self-deport with US citizen daughter, leaving older daughters in Boston

  Jun 30, 2026 · Brighton, MA

• Eight U.S. children fly to Guatemala after parents deported or self-deported

  Jun 26, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Nursing assistant loses job, healthcare access threatened by TPS revocation

  Jun 23, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Costa Rican man held in Louisiana ICE facility loses nearly 15 kilos

  Jun 21, 2026 · Nashville, TN

• Mexican man detained pending immigration hearing in Seattle ICE operation near Aurora Avenue

  Jun 20, 2026 · Seattle, WA

• Unaccompanied children face rapid deportation hearings, often without lawyers

  Jun 20, 2026

• Colombian activist detained by ICE after visa overstay, faces deportation amid political tensions

  Jun 20, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Peruvian man self-deported, then wrongly linked to ICE officer assault in New Jersey

  Jun 18, 2026 · Manahawkin, NJ

• Green card holder detained 7 months without bond hearing, forced to self-deport

  Jun 17, 2026 · New York, NY

• Venezuelan cook detained at traffic stop, self-deports after 11 years in U.S.

  Jun 16, 2026 · Orlando, FL

• U.S. citizen mother and two sons leave country after husband's ICE arrest and deportation

  Jun 12, 2026 · Indianapolis, IN

• 23-year-old Honduran immigrant self-deports after traffic stop arrest, vehicle impounded

  Jun 9, 2026 · Morrisonville, IL

• School custodian detained at ICE check-in, coerced into self-deportation, separated from family

  Jun 2, 2026 · Monroe, LA

• Father deported to Ecuador after ICE arrest, leaving two young children and wife behind

  June 2026 · New York, NY

• Milwaukee teacher's aide self-deported to El Salvador, later wins court order to return

  May 28, 2026 · Milwaukee, WI

• Mother and 3 children deported to Guatemala after detention at CBP Home appointment

  May 28, 2026 · Ferndale, WA

• Honduran father self-deports from Miami, leaving family behind after ICE workplace raid

  May 25, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Woman's husband deported to Honduras, she considers self-deportation to avoid detention

  May 20, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Transgender woman harassed in male dorms, self-deports to El Salvador

  May 15, 2026 · California City, CA

• Immigration judges issue 80,000 voluntary departure orders as Trump administration pressures detainees to leave

  May 14, 2026

• Middle Eastern man self-deports after ICE solitary confinement triggers panic attacks

  May 14, 2026

• Pregnant Venezuelan mother self-deports with three sons after husband detained, family loses home

  May 13, 2026 · Centennial, CO

• Nearly 90K immigrants sign voluntary departure agreements amid detention conditions and pressure

  May 10, 2026

• Ukrainian artist self-deports to Turkey after marijuana arrest, ICE detention, denied bond hearing

  May 10, 2026 · TX

• Padres prospect self-deports to Mexico after pleading guilty to transporting undocumented immigrants

  May 10, 2026 · Lukeville, AZ

• Asylum seeker held over seven months after electing self-deportation to wrong country

  May 7, 2026 · Arizona, LA

• Cuban man ordered to self-deport by August 2026 faces uncertainty over passport and acceptance

  May 7, 2026 · South Florida, FL

• Single mother reconsiders self-deportation, chooses to stay with children and dog

  May 4, 2026 · Centennial, CO

• New Zealand citizen ordered to self-deport from Utah after child assault conviction

  Apr 29, 2026 · Salt Lake City, UT

• 11-year-old separated from father during ICE arrest, voluntarily deporting to Venezuela

  Apr 28, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Illiterate worker detained five months after electing self-deportation

  Apr 22, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Ecuadorian asylum-seeker detained five months, abandoned case under third-country deportation policy

  Apr 16, 2026 · Eloy, AZ

• Venezuelan family self-deports after month in Texas detention

  Apr 16, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Bangladeshi former student self-deports after two months in detention

  Apr 16, 2026

• Chicago man reunited with dog after self-deporting to Mexico

  Apr 14, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• 400+ San Francisco Immigrants Accept Voluntary Departure as Deportation Push Pauses

  Apr 14, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Venezuelan mother and daughters return to Venezuela after weeks of bureaucratic delays

  Apr 14, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Iranian PhD candidate details Baltimore detention, forced transfers after return to Iran

  Apr 13, 2026 · MD

• Self-deportation app leaves immigrants stranded without promised flights

  Apr 12, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Mother of 2 Detained by ICE After Testifying in Court

  Apr 8, 2026 · New Jersey

• Immigrant detention surges nearly 70% as deaths, shootings draw scrutiny

  April 7, 2026

• Tourist detained by ICE after casino dispute, deported to Armenia after 3 months

  Apr 6, 2026 · Las Vegas, NV

• Man deported after traffic stop, documents journey from Mexico

  Apr 2, 2026

• LA resident of 38 years self-deports to Mexico City amid Trump enforcement

  Mar 24, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• NY superintendent delivers diploma to ICE-detained student in Guatemala

  Mar 19, 2026 · Nassau County, NY

• Migrants offered cash payments to sign voluntary departure agreements in U.S. detention

  Mar 19, 2026 · AL

• 72,000 migrants departed through DHS self-deportation program Project Homecoming

  Mar 18, 2026

• Former LA County foster youth advocate self-deports to Mexico after detention

  Mar 5, 2026 · San Bernardino County, CA

• ICE deporting crime survivors Congress protected, lawsuit filed

  Mar 4, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Undocumented Mexican immigrant self-deports with U.S. citizen wife and children

  Mar 3, 2026 · Bronx, NY

• Student visa holder self-deports after ICE detention, leaves U.S. citizen wife behind

  Feb 26, 2026 · Bloomington-Normal, IL

• ICE detains man during traffic stop in Charlotte

  Feb 26, 2026 · Charlotte, NC

• Venezuelans self-deport to Mexico fearing ICE detention

  Feb 10, 2026 · Juarez, Mexico

• Colombian asylum seeker detained by ICE, then self-deported; family left struggling in Minnesota

  Feb 4, 2026 · St. Paul, MN

• Three men arrested by ICE in mistaken identity operation in Staten Island

  Feb 2026 · Port Richmond, NY

• Family that self-deported to Venezuela hit by earthquakes weeks later

  Feb 1, 2026 · Detroit, MI

• ICE coerces husband to self-deport, family voluntarily returns to Venezuela

  Jan 31, 2026 · Tacoma, WA

• Azerbaijani gay couple detained by ICE, choose self-deportation over separation

  Jan 30, 2026 · Charlotte, NC

• Taco vendor and church congregant detained during ICE raid on Los Angeles church during food giveaway

  Jan 29, 2026 · North Hills, CA

• Father detained by ICE after decades in U.S., pressured to sign voluntary removal

  Jan 21, 2026 · Minnesota

• DHS fires scandal-plagued contractor running self-deportation program

  Dec 17, 2025 · Washington, DC

• Venezuelan asylum seeker, father of U.S.-citizen twins, self-deported after months in detention

  Dec 4, 2025 · El Paso, TX

• Dairy farm worker detained by Border Patrol in North Country operation

  Dec 1, 2025 · North Country, NY

• Married father detained under ICE mandatory detention policy, accepted deportation to Mexico

  Nov 21, 2025 · Memphis, TN

• Undocumented Nebraska parents plan self-deportation to Mexico amid ICE enforcement fears

  Nov 1, 2025 · Nebraska, NE

• Venezuelan father arrested at ICE appointment, detained for months, family later self-deports

  Nov 2025 · Centennial, CO

• Colombian woman leaves U.S. after ICE arrest at New Jersey warehouse raid

  Oct 29, 2025 · Woodbridge, NJ

• Father deported after masked agents tackled and choked his teen son during arrest

  Oct 27, 2025 · Houston, TX