State Violence

Renee Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, was fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross during immigration enforcement operation. Video evidence contradicted federal claims of self-defense. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stated 'Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit' and told ICE to 'get the fuck out of Minneapolis.'

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and VA ICU nurse, was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents while filming with his phone and trying to protect a woman who had been pushed to the ground. Multiple videos contradicted DHS claims he approached with a pistol. He was a lawful gun owner with a Minnesota carry permit and no criminal record. Border Patrol Commander Bovino referred to him and Renee Good as 'suspects.'

Department: U.S. Border Patrol

Julio Cesar Sosa-Celia, a Venezuelan national, was shot in the leg by immigration officers during an altercation. This was the third shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis in three weeks.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

ICE agents rolled a tear gas canister under a family van containing six children (ages 6 months to teenagers) and detonated a flashbang, causing airbags to deploy and doors to lock. The 6-month-old infant stopped breathing, went lifeless with foam coming from his mouth, requiring CPR from his mother. Three children hospitalized including the infant in serious condition. Parents Shawn and Destiny Jackson were returning from their son's basketball game when caught in ICE operation. Mother stated agents were aware children were inside.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a 38-year-old father of two and cook from Mexico, was shot and killed by ICE at 'close range' in Franklin Park, Illinois. DHS claimed he tried to drive into agents, but surveillance video showed him backing up and driving away. Body cam showed the agent describing his injuries as 'nothing major' after claiming severe injuries.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Marimar Martinez, 30, a U.S. citizen, was shot five times (seven wounds) by Border Patrol agent Charles Exum during Operation Midway Blitz. Agent Exum later bragged in texts: 'I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys.' Body cam showed agent saying 'Do something b--ch' before shooting. DHS falsely claimed she was 'armed with a semi-automatic weapon' and was a 'domestic terrorist.' Charges dismissed with prejudice.

Department: U.S. Border Patrol

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man with legal protection preventing his removal, was wrongfully deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison. He was tortured: beaten, kicked, forced to kneel for 9 hours, suffered severe sleep deprivation. Supreme Court unanimously ruled deportation illegal. DOJ later charged him with smuggling in apparent retaliation. Released December 2025 after months of detention.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, a Cuban man, died at the El Paso tent detention facility (Camp East Montana). Medical examiner ruled death a homicide - asphyxia due to neck and torso compression while being restrained by guards. Likely the first-ever ruled homicide in ICE detention.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Four people died in ICE custody in just 10 days of January 2026. This follows 31 deaths in 2025 - an all-time high since 2004. December 2025 was the deadliest month on record. 53 total deaths under Secretary Noem's watch.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Adrian Andrew Martinez, a U.S. citizen born in Los Angeles, was detained outside his job at Walmart by ICE agents in tactical gear who wrestled him to the ground. Officials denied knowledge of his whereabouts. Released on $5,000 bond and charged with conspiracy - lawyers called it 'a clearly trumped up charge filed to justify the federal agents' violent treatment.'

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

A 10-year-old U.S. citizen girl with brain cancer was deported with her parents and four siblings to Mexico after being stopped at an immigration checkpoint while traveling to an emergency medical appointment. Four of five children were U.S. citizens. The eldest child, 15, also has Long QT Syndrome heart condition.

Department: U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Diaz Morales, never denaturalized, was detained by ICE which claimed all her documents were forged. Federal judge issued order prohibiting deportation. Released January 7, 2026 after 25 days detention.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

DHS announced 'largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out,' deploying 2,000 agents to Minneapolis-Saint Paul. Three shootings by federal agents occurred within three weeks, with Minneapolis Police Chief noting two of three 2026 homicides were by federal immigration agents.

Department: Department of Homeland Security

Massive immigration enforcement operation launched September 8, 2025 in Chicago area under command of Gregory Bovino. Resulted in multiple shootings, tear gas against protesters, 1,800+ arrests. Border Patrol agent said operation will continue 'for years.' No convictions from any prosecutions.

Department: U.S. Border Patrol / ICE

The El Paso tent facility (Camp East Montana), the largest in the country with 5,000 capacity, documented cases of medical neglect, unsanitary conditions, lack of food, beatings, sexual abuse by officers, and coercive threats. Three deaths in two months including one ruled homicide. Detainees forced to sleep on concrete floors, share one toilet among 35-40 men.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

After Marimar Martinez shooting, approximately 100 protesters gathered in Brighton Park and were met with pepper balls and tear gas by federal agents. Judge Sara Ellis later found Commander Bovino violated court order against tear gas use and lied under oath about threats posed by protesters.

Department: U.S. Border Patrol

ICE targeted a 5-year-old child during enforcement operation in Minnesota. Acting ICE ERO Director Marcos Charles defended the action, claiming officers targeted the father.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

2025 had the highest number of ICE detention deaths since 2004, with 31 people dying in custody. December 2025 was the deadliest month on record. ICE inspections dropped 36.25% even as detention population grew 75% to nearly 66,000. 74% of detainees have no criminal convictions.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

ICE agents under Commander Gregory Bovino's command clashed with students, staff, parents, and neighbors at Roosevelt High School during immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) / Border Patrol

DOJ announced plans to strip citizenship and deport naturalized U.S. citizens, setting quota of up to 200 people per month in 2026. Administration also sought to eliminate constitutionally protected birthright citizenship.

Department: Department of Justice

Trump administration canceled Temporary Protected Status for over one million immigrants from Haiti, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Somalia, and Cameroon, placing them at risk for deportation despite many living in the U.S. for decades.

Department: Department of Homeland Security

DHS posted image of 'American Progress' painting with caption: 'A Heritage to be proud of, a Homeland worth Defending.' The tweet was exactly 14 words (referencing '14 Words' white supremacist slogan) with capitalizations H-H-D potentially encoding '88' and '4' (1488 Nazi code). Grok AI analysis suggested less than 30% chance this was coincidental.

Department: Department of Homeland Security

DHS posted image with caption 'Which Way, American Man?' referencing 'Which Way, Western Man?' - a white nationalist book by the neo-Nazi National Alliance arguing Western culture is under threat by Jews. Posts also used Fraktur font popular in neo-Nazi circles, described by SPLC as 'less of a dog whistle than a bullhorn.'

Department: Department of Homeland Security

DHS recruitment graphic asked 'Want to deport illegals with your absolute boys?' American Renaissance podcast hosts found the images amusing, noting it was a 'big, big change' for DHS. Part of pattern using nostalgic language depicting American 'culture' and 'heritage' as under attack from outsiders.

Department: Department of Homeland Security

Kaden Rummler, 21-year-old college student, was shot in the face with a nonlethal round by DHS officer while protesting outside a federal building in Southern California. He lost vision permanently in his left eye and suffered a fractured skull around his eye and nose. Video shows officer firing at point-blank range as Rummler advanced with a megaphone. Agent then dragged bloodied Rummler by the collar toward federal building. Required six hours of surgery.

Department: Department of Homeland Security

Vincent Hawkins, 55-year-old nurse, was shot in the face by federal agents with projectile while protesting at Portland detention facility in June 2025. Would have been blind in one eye if not for his glasses. Suffers ongoing dizziness and vertigo causing him to miss work. Regained most but not all vision.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Raven Geary, co-founder of independent news operation in Chicago, was shot in the face with a pepper ball by federal agent while covering protest at Broadview ICE detention facility. Became plaintiff in lawsuit seeking to curb use of force by federal forces in Chicago area.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Leigh Kunkel was shot by federal agents in the back of the head and the nose during protest. She stated she was 'incredibly lucky' the shot wasn't 2 inches higher or she 'could have lost an eye.' Became plaintiff in lawsuit against federal forces.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigation found more than two dozen cases where ICE/Border Patrol officers deployed weapons in ways that violate federal guidelines - targeting head, neck, throat, spine, or groin. Guidelines prohibit these targets but agents routinely ignore them, causing permanent injuries including blindings.

Department: ICE / Border Patrol

ChongLy 'Scott' Thao, a Hmong-American U.S. citizen for decades, was detained by masked ICE agents who forced open his door without a warrant, pointed guns at his family including a crying 4-year-old grandson, refused to look at his ID, and dragged him outside in subfreezing temperatures wearing only underwear and Crocs with a blanket. He was driven around for an hour being questioned before fingerprinting confirmed he was a citizen with no criminal record. Dropped home with no apology. His mother, who helped American troops in Laos, had died just three weeks earlier. St. Paul Mayor: 'They're going after anyone and everyone in their path. It is unacceptable and un-American.' Thao planning civil rights lawsuit.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old 10th grader and US citizen, was put in a suffocating chokehold by ICE agents while getting McDonald's with his father in Houston. He filmed the violent arrest of his father (agents pressed knee into neck) but agents confiscated his phone. Using 'Find My Phone,' he discovered it at an electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center - agents apparently sold it for cash. Arnoldo was hospitalized at Texas Children's trauma unit for chokehold injuries. Agents threatened to charge him with assaulting an officer if his father didn't agree to deportation. Father now in Mexico.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was detained by ICE in Columbia Heights, Minnesota and transported to a detention facility in Texas with his father. DHS claimed the father 'abandoned' his child during apprehension - a claim denied by the family's lawyer and witnesses. School district officials said federal agents used the child as 'bait' to draw family members out of the home.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Minneapolis rapper Nur-D alleged ICE agents stole his cell phone while he was in their custody during protests in Minneapolis.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Vice President JD Vance falsely claimed the ICE officer who killed Renee Good was 'protected by absolute immunity' stating 'He was doing his job.' Legal experts called this 'farcical' - one noted it 'speaks more to his own lack of preparation than to the state of the law.' California AG Bonta: 'There's no such thing as absolute immunity...ICE agents do not have carte blanche and license to kill.' Over 120 years of case law shows federal officials CAN be prosecuted by states. Vance later hedged when pressed.

Department: Office of the Vice President

During 'Operation Catch of the Day' immigration enforcement in Maine, ICE agents threatened legal observers who were filming operations. Video shows an ICE officer photographing a legal observer's car and stating: 'Because we have a nice little database, and now you're considered a domestic terrorist.' One observer reported agents came to their home to intimidate them. Cumberland County Sheriff criticized ICE's tactics as 'bush league policing' and reported ICE pulled all detainees from the county jail. Gov. Janet Mills demanded ICE show warrants, stating 'In America, we don't believe in secret arrests or secret police.'

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Unverified reports on social media allege ICE has been releasing detainees in freezing winter conditions in Minneapolis area. One documented case shows ChongLy Thao, a US citizen, dragged outside in underwear and Crocs in subfreezing temperatures. Additional social media reports suggest detainees released outdoors in extreme cold. Requires further verification.

Department: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)