Immigration enforcement and civil rights
Selected reporting on immigration enforcement, detention and civil rights. Read each account with its sources, dates and qualifications.
Listed by source report date. This is a selected collection, not a complete record of coverage.
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Trump's immigration crackdown has detained 519 U.S. citizens, ProPublica finds
Source report: 2026-10-29 · Event: Date not established
ProPublica's case-by-case tracker records 519 U.S. citizens detained by federal immigration agents, including children and people stopped while filming. Its October 29 update added 13 cases to the October 6 investigation. The count is the newsroom's documented minimum, not a government census, and the circumstances differ: citizenship questioning, alleged obstruction and recording are separate categories. DHS disputes the broader characterization of its enforcement practices.
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Sheinbaum seeks U.S. complaint after Emiliano Andrade dies in ICE custody
Source report: 2026-10-19 · Event: 2026-10-19
Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico would file a U.S. complaint after Emiliano Andrade Covarrubias died at a Texas detention center on October 17. Mexico's foreign ministry counted 18 Mexican nationals who had died in immigration custody or during enforcement operations since Trump returned to office. Andrade's family raised concerns that he had not received necessary medication.
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Ohio Immigrant Alliance documents 152 abuse cases involving ICE and border personnel
Source report: 2026-08-18 · Event: 2026-08-18
An Ohio Immigrant Alliance report compiled 152 cases involving DHS employees and contractors in civil immigration enforcement. It found that 131 had been charged with or convicted of sex offenses, including 78 involving sex crimes against children. The report argues that failures in hiring, supervision and accountability allowed abuse to persist within ICE and border agencies.
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Trump tried again to narrow birthright citizenship after losing at the Supreme Court
Source report: 2026-08-11 · Event: 2026-08-06
The Supreme Court rejected Trump's first birthright-citizenship order on June 30, holding that children born in the United States to parents here unlawfully or temporarily are citizens at birth. Trump's August 6 order then targeted narrower categories, including children of certain foreign-government employees and parents accused of buying access to citizenship. The order shows what he directed, not that those restrictions survived later litigation.
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Norwegian woman detained at green-card interview describes dangerous diabetes care at Otay Mesa
Source report: 2026-06-25 · Event: Date not established
Hanne Engan says she struggled to obtain appropriate insulin and glucose monitoring after ICE arrested her at a San Diego green-card interview in November 2025. An inewsource investigation published by KPBS found that experts considered the care she described potentially life-threatening. ICE and detention contractor CoreCivic disputed allegations of inadequate care. Her account forms part of wider reporting on medical conditions at Otay Mesa.
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Border Patrol's BORTAC and BORSTAR used force against civilians in Chicago, WIRED finds
Source report: 2026-04-02 · Event: Date not established
DHS records and body-camera footage allowed WIRED to identify specialized Border Patrol agents involved in force against civilians during Operation Midway Blitz. The investigation traces the conduct of BORTAC and BORSTAR units deployed to Chicago. CBP declined to confirm individual agents' employment and said its personnel are trained to use the minimum necessary force.
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ICE deports journalist Mario Guevara after protest charges were dropped
Source report: 2025-10-03 · Event: 2025-10-03
Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara was deported to El Salvador on October 3, 2025, after being arrested while reporting on a protest and held in immigration custody. Prosecutors dropped the protest-related charges, but his immigration case continued. Press-freedom advocates said his removal threatened reporting on immigration enforcement; the appeals court denied a stay on immigration-law grounds.
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Federal immigration agents leave Rochester roofing site after more than 100 protesters gather
Source report: 2025-09-09 · Event: 2025-09-09
More than 100 residents confronted federal immigration agents at a Rochester roofing job on September 9, 2025. WXXI reported that agents detained one roofer but left while other workers remained on the roof. State lawmakers arrived during the confrontation, which turned a neighborhood enforcement operation into a public standoff.
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