October 20, 2026 · Immigration, Detention & Civil Rights

Developing

ICE Detains Providence Father for an Hour While He Holds His Children; Agency Calls Account "Fake News"

Two ICE agents stopped a 24-year-old undocumented construction worker, identified by the Boston Globe only as Sebastian, on a Providence, Rhode Island street on October 20, 2026, as he drove his two young children to a...

August 17, 2026 · Immigration, Detention & Civil Rights

Confirmed

Judge Appoints a Special Master and an Outside Monitor Over Detained Immigrant Children, Citing a 'History of Noncompliance'

Chief U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee of the Central District of California appointed two outside overseers on Monday to track how long the government detains immigrant children, finding the federal government likely...

January 20, 2026 · Immigration, Detention & Civil Rights

Well supported

ICE Detains a 5-Year-Old Boy Coming Home From Preschool in a Minneapolis Suburb

In late January 2026, federal immigration agents in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, detained a five-year-old boy as he arrived home from preschool, taking him and his father to a detention facility in Texas. School...