Unlawful Arrest/Entry

472 documented incidents tagged “Unlawful Arrest/Entry” in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• U.S. citizen injured after immigration officers mistakenly try to arrest him in Evanston

  Sep 21, 2026 · Evanston, IL

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

  Sep 20, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• Judge rules Border Patrol illegally arrested LA immigrants without warrants or flight-risk checks

  Sep 17, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

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

  Sep 15, 2026 · Alamo, TX

• Phoenix man detained by ICE agents allegedly posing as electricians

  Sep 15, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• ICE smashes truck window, detains construction workers near Montclair elementary school

  Sep 14, 2026 · Montclair, NJ

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

  Sep 11, 2026 · Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

• Detention officer forged ICE documents to hold 20 immigrant inmates

  Sep 11, 2026 · Greensboro, NC

• Parents arrested by ICE after dropping children off at San Diego school

  Sep 10, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• SCSU basketball player detained by ICE at airport, files habeas petition

  Sep 4, 2026 · New Haven, CT

• Mother deported despite bond, others detained in NY snack factory raid

  Sep 3, 2026 · Cato, NY

• Children left with grandmother after ICE raids Memphis nightclub, detaining parents

  Aug 31, 2026 · Memphis, TN

• Venezuelan asylum-seeker wrongly arrested by ICE, held a month before release

  Aug 27, 2026 · Lakewood, WA

• U.S. citizen thrown to ground, detained for hours by ICE in Passaic, NJ

  Aug 27, 2026 · Passaic, NJ

• ICE agent shoots Venezuelan man through door, later charged with lying about it

  Aug 26, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

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

  Aug 25, 2026 · Orlando, FL

• Black bystander handcuffed by Border Patrol agent over immigrant assumption

  Aug 21, 2026 · Lake Worth Beach, FL

• Guatemalan man tackled and detained by ICE while eating outside NY home

  Aug 21, 2026 · New Rochelle, NY

• Man wrongfully detained after ICE violated probable cause injunction, judge orders release

  Aug 20, 2026 · CO

• Man arrested by ICE agents at Texas home as owner demands warrant

  Aug 20, 2026 · Brownsville, TX

• Woman handcuffed by plainclothes ICE agents who concealed badges at airport gate

  August 18, 2026

• 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

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

  Aug 17, 2026 · Springfield, OH

• Armed ICE agents attempt warrantless entry into Sacramento immigration law firm

  Aug 14, 2026 · Sacramento, CA

• Nursing mother separated from infant and toddler with Down syndrome after ICE arrest, later released

  Aug 14, 2026 · Nashville, TN

• Louisville mother detained by ICE at green card interview, husband and baby present

  Aug 12, 2026 · Louisville, KY

• Honduran man held by county police after clash with ICE agents in Maryland

  Aug 11, 2026 · Columbia, MD

• U.S. citizen briefly detained by ICE, later released after showing identification

  Aug 10, 2026 · Norfolk, VA

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

  Aug 10, 2026 · Boise, ID

• U.S. citizen handcuffed by ICE at Atlanta airport in mistaken identity case

  Aug 9, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• Black DoorDash driver arrested by ICE agents on Jersey City street without warrant

  Aug 5, 2026 · Jersey City, NJ

• Deported SIJS holder returned to U.S. after settlement, reunites with daughter

  Aug 5, 2026 · Raleigh, NC

• Chicago ICE raid touted as anti-terror win results in no criminal charges

  Aug 2, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• ACLU sues ICE over warrantless arrests, citizen detention in Ohio

  Aug 2, 2026 · Columbus, OH

• Man deported despite living in U.S. for 28 years, U visa pending

  Aug 2, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Federal judge orders release of man unlawfully detained by CBP in Montana

  Jul 30, 2026 · Lewistown, MT

• Ecuadorian immigrant detained in Philadelphia based on mistaken identity

  Jul 29, 2026 · Philadelphia, PA

• Nigerian nun detained by ICE while walking to Mass in Texas, released after congressional intervention

  Jul 29, 2026 · McAllen, TX

• Ethiopian man repeatedly re-detained by ICE despite court orders, official held in contempt

  Jul 28, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• US citizen detained by ICE agents for 20-25 minutes based on appearance alone

  July 2026 · Westbury, NY

• Indigenous actress Elaine Miles detained by ICE, tribal ID rejected as fake

  July 2026 · Redmond, WA

• Father and mother detained by ICE outside Baltimore school, federal judges order releases

  Jul 24, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

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

  Jul 24, 2026 · Richmond, VA

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

  Jul 23, 2026 · Deer Park, NY

• U.S. Army veteran released from ICE detention after 9 months, alleges sexual assault by guard

  Jul 21, 2026 · Tacoma, WA

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

  Jul 21, 2026 · Denver, CO

• Venezuelan man wrongly detained by ICE targeting different suspect in Lakewood

  Jul 17, 2026 · Lakewood, WA

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

  Jul 17, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• U.S. citizen detained by ICE after repeatedly asking agents to verify his ID

  Jul 17, 2026 · Passaic, NJ

• Colombian delivery driver fatally shot by ICE agent in mistaken Maine traffic stop

  Jul 17, 2026 · Biddeford, ME

• DACA recipient detained at Boston airport, later sues ICE over custody conditions

  Jul 16, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Hmong American U.S. citizen dragged from home in underwear by ICE; Minnesota investigates as kidnapping

  Jul 16, 2026 · Saint Paul, MN

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

  Jul 15, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• U.S. citizen nearly hit by ICE agents during high-speed chase, gun drawn on passenger

  Jul 14, 2026 · Laguna Vista, TX

• Man with TPS detained by ICE at supermarket, family seeks answers

  Jul 14, 2026 · Charlotte, NC

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

  Jul 13, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Legal permanent resident detained alongside U.S. citizen during Olathe ICE operation

  Jul 11, 2026 · Olathe, KS

• U.S. citizen detained after ICE agent reverses into his truck in Olathe

  Jul 11, 2026 · Olathe, KS

• Man restrained by ICE agents in Salt Lake City home, family questions warrantless entry

  Jul 11, 2026 · Salt Lake City, UT

• ICE arrests Mexican national in driveway without valid warrant

  Jul 9, 2026 · Redwood City, CA

• Father and work permit holder detained by ICE in Joliet after mistaken identity

  July 6, 2026 · Joliet, IL

• Two detained in vehicle stop near Eugene; lawyers challenge racial profiling claims

  Jul 3, 2026 · Eugene, OR

• Asylum Seeker Re-detained at ICE Check-in Despite Prior Release

  Jun 30, 2026 · Pittsburg, California

• Couple violently arrested by ICE from food market in Milwaukee

  Jun 29, 2026 · Milwaukee, WI

• Driver pulled over, border patrol swarms vehicle on I-10, passenger detained

  Jun 27, 2026 · Salomé, AZ

• Four QTS data center workers detained by ICE without explanation in Cedar Rapids

  Jun 27, 2026 · Cedar Rapids, IA

• ICE Agents Conduct Warrantless Arrests Without Flight Risk Assessment

  Jun 26, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• ICE arrests mother during warrantless operation outside Baltimore school

  Jun 25, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Workers detained without warrant in ICE raid at NJ Oaxacan restaurant

  Jun 24, 2026 · Lakewood, NJ

• Asylum seeker transferred out of state despite court order, judge orders release

  Jun 24, 2026 · Lewiston, ME

• Over 1,000 South Asian and Arab men detained after 9/11 in sweeps

  Jun 23, 2026 · New York, NY

• U.S. citizen detained by ICE agents, released at hospital after citizenship confirmed

  Jun 21, 2026 · Santa Barbara, CA

• ICE arrested Latinos at disproportionate rates in NY/NJ street sweeps, federal judges find racial profiling

  Jun 21, 2026 · New York, NY

• Guatemalan man arrested after ICE mistakes him for Ecuadorian target in Corona

  Jun 20, 2026 · Corona, NY

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

  Jun 18, 2026 · Manahawkin, NJ

• Three people detained by ICE at Illinois courthouse, state officials demand investigation

  Jun 17, 2026 · Bridgeview, IL

• Salvadoran construction worker with TPS detained, held on cell floor with 50 others

  Jun 15, 2026 · East Boston, MA

• Guatemalan man arrested in park after wildlife officer's false dog-bite claim

  Jun 11, 2026 · Bonita Springs, FL

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

  Jun 8, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Father detained 60+ days by ICE after disputed traffic stop, released on habeas corpus

  Jun 7, 2026 · San Marcos, TX

• U.S. citizen handcuffed by ICE outside 7-Eleven, becomes lead plaintiff in lawsuit

  Jun 1, 2026 · Annapolis, MD

• Woman detained after refusing to unlock car during ICE stop

  Jun 2026 · Biddeford, ME

• Minneapolis man beaten by ICE agents, assault charges dismissed after credibility concerns

  Jun 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Federal court orders ICE to release detainee over Fourth Amendment violations by local police

  May 29, 2026 · Manhattan, NY

• Florida agencies partner with ICE to help Trump's immigration crackdown

  May 29, 2026 · Bonita Springs, FL

• Venezuelan immigrant shot by ICE agent, faces assault charges.

  May 29, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Legal permanent resident arrested by ICE without warrant documentation

  May 27 · El Paso, TX

• Peruvian immigrant beaten by ICE agents in Sunnyside, released after court order

  May 27, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Austin high school senior detained by ICE after DPS trooper used encrypted app to alert federal agents

  May 27, 2026 · Austin, TX

• US-born citizen detained by ICE three times despite showing valid ID, files lawsuit

  May 27, 2026 · Foley, AL

• Woman detained without notice at USCIS interview, denied bond

  May 26, 2026 · California

• Disabled Bangladeshi American blacked out during ICE detention, files claims for unlawful arrest

  May 25, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• U.S. citizen shot seven times by Border Patrol agent in Chicago, charges later dropped

  May 25, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• 37 arrested in military raid on Chicago apartment building; families seek $85 million in damages

  May 25, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• DACA recipient Karla Toledo detained without warrant, released after community pressure; DHS files new case

  May 25, 2026 · Tucson, AZ

• U.S. citizen shackled and detained by ICE despite presenting valid Louisiana ID

  May 23, 2026 · Lafayette, LA

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

  May 22, 2026 · Woodburn, OR

• 79-year-old US citizen tackled by ICE agents during raid, suffers broken ribs and brain injury

  May 21, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• U.S. citizen and four others arrested by ICE in Geneva; community protests continue

  May 14, 2026 · Geneva, NY