Surveillance/Technology

137 documented incidents tagged “Surveillance/Technology” 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

• Colombian father detained after ICE ambushes his car in Queens

  Aug 21, 2026 · College Point, NY

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

  Aug 20, 2026 · Carrollton, VA

• Mexican migrant alleges ICE beating in Texas, denied medical care

  Aug 18, 2026 · Arlington, TX

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

  Aug 17, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• U.S. citizens detained, phones searched after returning from Cuba trip

  Aug 15, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Seattle sees surge in masked ICE arrests aided by state driver data

  Aug 15, 2026 · Seattle, WA

• ICE plans $20 million purchase of electric shock gloves for officers

  Aug 15, 2026

• DHS surveilled Minnesota activists, unions with facial recognition and informants

  Aug 13, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Tens of thousands of Haitian TPS holders face deportation after Supreme Court ruling

  Aug 12, 2026

• El Paso grocer says new money-transfer rules scare immigrant customers into isolation

  Aug 11, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Man hospitalized with brain bleed after ICE agents tase him near Arlington bus stop

  Aug 11, 2026 · Arlington, VA

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

  Aug 10, 2026 · Philadelphia, PA

• Haitian immigrant collapses in tears after ICE fits him with ankle monitor in Ohio

  Aug 10, 2026 · Blue Ash, OH

• U.S. citizen handcuffed at Atlanta airport after ICE mistook him for British national

  Aug 9, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• DHS plans to hire bounty hunters to track deported people abroad for fines

  Aug 6, 2026

• More than 54,000 immigrants tracked with GPS ankle monitors as ICE expands electronic surveillance

  Aug 6, 2026 · United States

• ICE expands airport enforcement nationwide, detaining travelers with pending applications and work authorization

  Aug 6, 2026 · Dallas, TX

• Deported immigrants targeted by DHS-hired private investigators photographing their homes abroad

  Aug 5, 2026 · Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala

• Social media users critical of ICE monitored by government-paid contractors

  Aug 2, 2026 · United States

• Haitian TPS holders in Ohio forced to wear ankle monitors as deportation threat looms

  Aug 2, 2026 · Springfield, OH

• Two migrants rescued from California desert heat, face removal

  Aug 1, 2026 · Jacumba, CA

• Idaho probation office compiles 'foreign born list' for ICE

  May 2026 to July 2026 · Caldwell, ID

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

  Jul 30, 2026 · Portland, ME

• 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

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

  July 26, 2026 · Maplewood, NJ

• Tile installer Luis arrested by ICE in parking lot despite valid work permit

  Jul 23, 2026 · Deer Park, NY

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

  Jul 21, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Twin Cities suburbs ban immigration searches on license plate cameras

  Jul 21, 2026 · Fridley, MN

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

  Jul 17, 2026 · New York, NY

• Columbia graduate detained 104 days, fights deportation after pro-Palestinian activism

  Jul 14, 2026 · New York, NY

• Venezuelan asylum applicant arrested at ICE check-in appointment

  Jun 29, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Asylum seeker with ankle monitor detained with 8-year-old son from Wisconsin home

  Jun 29, 2026 · Wisconsin Dells, WI

• Pregnant mothers, working families challenge ICE's mass GPS monitoring policy

  Jun 29, 2026 · Washington, DC

• Colombian mother and 8-year-old son detained by ICE at Wisconsin Dells home, transferred to Texas

  Jun 23, 2026 · Wisconsin Dells, WI

• Hospital worker detained by ICE at Syracuse Airport, released on ankle monitor

  Jun 18, 2026 · Syracuse, NY

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

  Jun 18, 2026 · Manahawkin, NJ

• Immigrants tracked through local police license plate cameras searched on ICE's behalf

  Jun 15, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Two Utah court clerks helped noncitizens escape ICE at courthouse, face federal charges

  Jun 12, 2026 · Logan, UT

• Immigration attorney detained and questioned at SFO airport, placed on DHS watch list

  Jun 10, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• 48 workers detained in South Carolina casting plant raid by ICE

  Jun 3, 2026 · Abbeville, SC

• Construction worker detained after traffic stop in Gainesville, released on bond with ankle monitor

  Jun 2026 · Gainesville, GA

• Peruvian asylum seeker detained by ICE after traffic stop, released on bond after four months

  Jun 2026 · Springdale, PA

• Venezuelan maintenance worker detained in Lake Placid ICE raid, released on ankle monitor

  May 28, 2026 · Lake Placid, NY

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

  May 28, 2026 · Ferndale, WA

• Mexican man arrested near Winooski home after months of Border Patrol surveillance

  May 26, 2026 · Winooski, VT

• Two Guatemalan women deported after ICE surveilled apartment building for undocumented workers

  May 26, 2026 · Colchester, VT

• Farm worker detained in warrantless ICE operation, federal judge rules arrests unlawful

  May 22, 2026 · Woodburn, OR

• Bronx student released after 10 months in ICE detention pending deportation appeal

  May 20, 2026 · New York, NY

• Protester arrested blocking ICE surveillance facility in Vermont

  May 17, 2026 · Williston, VT

• Husband detained by ICE without due process, separated from wife during green card interview

  May 17, 2026 · East Coast

• Army sergeant's wife detained at USCIS appointment despite legal protections, released after senator's intervention

  May 16, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Three protesters arrested at ICE facility blockade in Vermont

  May 14, 2026 · Williston, VT

• Honduran immigrant's ICE ankle monitor causes skin infection, emotional harm

  May 13, 2026

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

  May 7, 2026 · South Florida, FL

• ICE contracts firm accused of torture to track undocumented children

  May 6, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• Woman detained after monitor accident released after habeas corpus victory

  May 4, 2026 · California City, CA

• Six Detained Immigrants Sue Over Biometric Policy Creating Impossible Compliance Trap

  May 1, 2026

• Judge orders government to pay legal fees for immigrant required to wear ankle monitor

  Apr 24, 2026 · Philadelphia, PA

• Venezuelan family self-deports after month in Texas detention

  Apr 16, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• ICE nearly doubles ankle monitors on legal immigrants, advocates cite psychological and economic harms

  Apr 16, 2026 · Washington, DC

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

  Apr 14, 2026 · Miami, FL

• ICE arrests 13 undocumented Central Asian drivers at Pennsylvania DMV facility

  Apr 14, 2026 · Kittanning, PA

• US citizen detained by ICE at airport, transferred to Wisconsin jail, faces defamation lawsuit

  Apr 14, 2026 · Dodge County, WI

• Self-deportation app leaves immigrants stranded without promised flights

  Apr 12, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Army staff sergeant's wife detained at military base while adjusting immigration status through marriage

  Apr 12, 2026 · Louisiana

• Canadian mother with valid work visa and autistic daughter detained three weeks, released on bond with contested ankle monitor

  Apr 12, 2026 · Sarita, TX

• ICE using Maryland driver's license database to target immigrants

  Apr 9, 2026 · MD

• UT Austin graduate Otofu Ayaku released from immigration detention after month in custody

  Apr 7, 2026 · Austin, TX

• College student and mother detained at airports after TSA shares 31,000 traveler records with ICE

  Apr 7, 2026 · Washington, DC

• Boy, 5, freed from Texas ICE detention now facing deportation after asylum denied

  Apr 5, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• ICE purchased Paragon spyware for drug trafficking investigations

  Apr 2, 2026

• DNA archive for identifying missing migrants goes missing

  Apr 2, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• Belarusian political activist deported to Costa Rica after asylum request ignored at border

  Apr 2026 · South Texas

• Judge rules DHS illegally terminated status of 900,000 migrants in CBP One program

  Apr 1, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Minnesota Democrats report ICE harassment during immigration surge

  Mar 25, 2026 · Shakopee, MN

• Adrian Ramirez released from ICE detention after months, reunites with family

  Mar 24, 2026 · Syracuse, NY

• Six protesters arrested at ICE facilities, DNA collected without consent

  Mar 18, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Venezuelan asylum seeker detained 11 months over disputed app check-in violations

  Mar 18, 2026 · Tukwila, WA

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

  Mar 18, 2026

• Over 70,000 Self-Deported During Trump Administration After ICE Detention

  Mar 18, 2026

• Mariachi brothers shackled and separated from family, released after bipartisan pressure

  Mar 13, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Maine nurses call on Collins to stop taking ICE surveillance donations

  Mar 12, 2026 · Portland, ME

• Pacific Northwest saw surge in ICE arrests at end of 2025

  Mar 11, 2026

• Haitian asylum seeker Daphy Michel freezes to death days after ICE release in Pittsburgh

  Mar 2, 2026 · Pittsburgh, PA

• San Juanita Guerra, 73, released on bond after three weeks in ICE detention

  Mar 2, 2026 · Edinburg, TX

• Federal judge rules IRS illegally shared 43,000 taxpayer addresses with ICE

  Feb 27, 2026

• ICE monitors San Diego activists through Operation Road Flare

  Feb 23, 2026 · San Diego, CA

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

  Feb 6, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Federal agents detain Marine, copy phone without warrant in Minneapolis

  Feb 3, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Saudi asylum seeker with work permit forced to wear ICE ankle monitor after arrest

  Feb 1, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• DHS Claims ICE Surveillance Footage Never Recorded in Detention Abuse Case

  Jan 27, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• ICE detains Ecuadorian mother during Maine grocery run, separates her from kindergartener

  Jan 24, 2026 · Biddeford, ME

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

  Jan 23, 2026 · Portland, ME

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

  Jan 21, 2026 · Portland, ME

• Driver detained after ICE accessed Maryland license database without warrant

  Jan 10, 2026 · Howard County, MD

• Colombian asylum seeker arrested at Iowa grocery store, detained months, then released after community pressure

  Jan 10, 2026 · Iowa City, IA

• Maryland woman released after 25-day ICE detention over citizenship dispute

  Jan 8, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• ICE shared Medicaid data with Palantir in violation of court order

  Jan 7, 2026