Search More Than 500 Cases of U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents

A citizen riding a bike was tasered, injured and handcuffed after colliding with an ICE vehicle in Long Beach, California. Video footage shows the ICE vehicle driving the wrong way down a one-way street then swerving toward the cyclist. DHS denied hitting the citizen and accused him of smashing the vehicle’s mirror, which is not captured on available video.

One citizen was detained in Santa Maria, California.

One citizen was detained in Naples Manor, Florida.

One citizen was injured and detained by ICE agents who were looking for someone who matched his description in Evanston, Illinois. A responding Evanston police officer said one agent had blood on his hands and the citizen was taken to the hospital. DHS claimed the man didn’t cooperate with “lawful commands” and agents detained him until he identified himself.

Two citizens were detained in San Diego, California.

Two citizens were detained in Alamo, Texas.

One citizen was detained in Falls Church, Virginia.

Two citizens were detained in Norfolk, Virginia.

One citizen was detained in Passaic, New Jersey.

One citizen was detained in Laguna Vista, Texas.

One citizen was detained in Olathe, Kansas.

One citizen was detained in Boise, Idaho.

One citizen was detained in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

One citizen was detained in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Two citizens who are enrolled members of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe were detained in Bemidji, Minnesota, during a worksite raid.

A citizen leaving a coffee shop in Annapolis, Maryland, was handcuffed, denied a phone call and held for almost two hours. DHS said it took the citizen to another location to interview him because “agitators” had gathered.

One citizen was detained in Newark, New Jersey.

A citizen documenting ICE activity in Ventura, California, was tackled and tasered while he was already pinned to the ground.

One citizen was detained in Newark, New Jersey.

One citizen was detained in Newark, New Jersey.

Six citizens were detained in Newark, New Jersey.

Two citizens were detained in Newark, New Jersey.

One citizen was detained in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania.

A citizen mother of four was detained in Lafayette, Louisiana, at a local law enforcement checkpoint outside her apartment, then transferred to ICE custody and booked into a detention facility before her attorney won her release. ICE and the local law enforcement agency that detained her still dispute her citizenship.

An immigration lawyer who is a citizen was detained and shackled in New Orleans, Louisiana, while trying to film her clients’ detention.

A citizen was accused of assaulting an officer during the arrest of her husband in Asbury Park, New Jersey. She was detained for eight hours in Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility, before being released without any known charges. Videos showed her 9-year-old daughter and toddler left crying alone in her vehicle, with ICE agents standing guard until family arrived to pick them up.

One citizen was detained in McAllen, Texas.

A 25-year-old citizen from Denver, Colorado, was detained and deported after a traffic stop in Fredericksburg, Texas, when he was unable to provide identification or proof of citizenship. He was held without access to his phone or a lawyer for several days before he agreed to leave the country. He was allowed to cross back into the U.S. using his Colorado birth certificate in August.

One citizen was detained in Ogden, Utah.