Unaccompanied Child

47 documented incidents tagged “Unaccompanied Child” in the Human Impact Project database. View all on the interactive map.

• 1-year-old baby ordered to file asylum application alone or face deportation

  Aug 21, 2026

• Hundreds of unaccompanied Mexican children deported to southern Mexico, stranded without resources

  Aug 11, 2026 · Tapachula, MX

• ICE held in contempt for deporting 50+ asylum-seeking minors despite court order

  Aug 6, 2026 · MD

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

  Aug 6, 2026 · New York, NY

• Texas law firm with no immigration experience awarded $150M to represent migrant children

  Aug 5, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children face deportation without legal representation as federal contract lapses

  Jul 31, 2026 · New York, NY

• Fifteen-year-old held 255 days after arrest, separated from mother despite her readiness to pick him up

  July 15, 2026 · Burlington, MA

• Haitian boy, 12, held 505 days in federal custody despite family ready to take him

  July 15, 2026 · New Haven, CT

• 5-year-old Camila held 118 days in federal custody, separated from mother in Connecticut

  Jul 15, 2026 · New Haven, CT

• New ICE facility could speed up family and child deportations

  Jul 6, 2026 · Alexandria, LA

• Over 500 unaccompanied migrant children face imminent deportation, Senator Wyden warns

  Jun 25, 2026

• Russian asylum seeker separated from 11-year-old son, denied family reunification despite asylum approval

  Jun 21, 2026

• Trump administration fast-tracks deportations of unaccompanied minors, fires judges resisting directives

  Jun 20, 2026

• 8-year-old U.S. citizen held in Brooklyn shelter for seven months despite birth certificate proof

  Jun 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Three-year-old girl sexually abused in ORR custody, reunited with father after legal petition

  May 7, 2026 · South Texas, TX

• ICE contracts firm accused of torture to track undocumented children

  May 6, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

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

  Apr 28, 2026 · El Paso, TX

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

  Apr 11, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Aunt arrested by ICE while seeking custody of niece and nephew from shelter

  Apr 1, 2026 · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

• Teen remains in federal custody months after San Antonio ICE raid

  Mar 31, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Trump administration sends pregnant migrant minors to inadequate Texas shelter

  Mar 26, 2026 · San Benito, TX

• 14-year-old Brazilian girl detained by ICE, released by federal judge after constitutional violations found

  Mar 12, 2026 · Marlborough, MA

• Three-year-olds forced to represent themselves in US immigration court

  Mar 10, 2026 · United States

• Six children detained in shelters for months despite available parents, families use habeas corpus

  Mar 2026 · NY

• CBP agents coercing unaccompanied minors into voluntary removal

  Feb 25, 2026

• Pregnant migrant girls at Texas facility lack reproductive healthcare access

  Feb 1, 2026 · San Benito, TX

• ICE detains Ecuadorian teen asylum seeker, moves him across states

  Jan 22, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Five-year-old US citizen missing after ICE transfer in San Antonio

  Jan 21, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• 16-year-old Ecuadorian asylum-seeker detained by ICE, relocated to out-of-state facility

  Jan 15, 2026 · Minnesota, MN

• Trump administration halts reuniting detained migrant children with families

  Jan 1, 2026

• 3-year-old unaccompanied minor appears in immigration court without attorney

  Dec 9, 2025 · Tucson, AZ

• Father with temporary protected status detained at ICE office after being promised reunification with children

  Dec 1, 2025 · New Mexico

• Autistic 16-year-old detained by ICE for 50 days after police encounter, judge orders release

  Nov 20, 2025 · Houston, TX

• DHS Billing Unaccompanied Immigrant Teenagers $5,000 Fines

  Oct 24, 2025

• ICE Arrests 16-Year-Old Bronx Student Despite Legal Juvenile Status

  Oct 24, 2025 · Bronx, NY

• Bronx high school student remains detained despite approved residency status

  Oct 23, 2025 · Bronx, NY

• Houston Police Transfer Missing Autistic Teen to ICE Despite Active Missing Person Report

  Oct 11, 2025 · Houston, TX

• Trump administration offers migrant children cash to self-deport

  Oct 3, 2025

• Lawyers fear 1,000 Central American children at risk of deportation

  Sep 13, 2025

• Parents arrested at ICE interviews while seeking to reunite with children

  Sep 1, 2025 · McAllen, TX

• Guatemalan children woken at night for repatriation attempt blocked

  Sep 1, 2025

• 15-year-old detained at Florida immigration facility designed for adults

  Jul 1, 2025 · Tampa, FL

• 16-year-old from Guinea held in adult ICE detention nearly two months due to clerical error

  May 16, 2025 · Pennsylvania

• Agency protecting immigrant children becoming enforcement arm

  May 14, 2025 · San Antonio, Texas

• 16-year-old girl frightened by ICE welfare check visit in Washington state

  Apr 28, 2025 · Washington, WA

• ICE conducting nationwide operations targeting unaccompanied immigrant children for deportation

  Apr 28, 2025

• Migrant children appear in court without lawyers in NYC

  Apr 22, 2025 · New York City, NY