📍 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍, 𝐃.𝐂.:

At a congressional hearing earlier this week, families of five people fatally shot by ICE agents testified about what they described as a lack of transparency and accountability following the shootings. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐈𝐃𝐒, 𝐌𝐈:

Mario David Coronado Juarez was killed after fleeing ICE agents and crashing his car into a tree Sunday morning. Grand Rapids Police Department said they had no knowledge of the incident before responding to the crash. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐒𝐘𝐋𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀:

Pastor Molis Augustave faces imminent deportation to Haiti after immigration officials denied his green card application. He remains detained and separated from his wife and two young children, with advocates warning he could be deported this week. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

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📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

ICE is seeking $100 million to build a new surveillance unit with 140+ top-secret-cleared analysts across 27 cities. The unit would use classified and other data to identify people for ICE arrests and expand intelligence operations. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

Children in immigrant families are missing doctor visits, delaying surgeries and going without medications as families fear immigration enforcement at hospitals and clinics. Pediatricians warn children are arriving sicker because care was delayed. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍, 𝐓𝐗:

A Venezuelan man shot by ICE while making a DoorDash delivery says he was taken into detention with a bullet still lodged near his spine. He says he was denied adequate medical care and forced to sleep on the floor while in pain. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐍:

Immigration lawyers allege ICE is still making warrantless arrests months after a federal judge ordered the practice to stop — and accuse agents of falsifying documents to make it appear warrants existed when they didn’t. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

ICE quietly removed thousands of people with final deportation orders from its online detainee locator, making it harder for families and attorneys to find them — and potentially hindering last-minute legal challenges to deportation. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐒𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐆𝐎, 𝐂𝐀:

Haitian asylum seeker and City College student Renatho Casseus was detained by ICE near campus and denied bond. His attorney says detention is making it harder to prepare his pending asylum case, while classmates say the arrest has created fear on campus. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑, 𝐖𝐀:

Five men were detained by ICE during a camping trip after U.S. Forest Service rangers collected their IDs and alerted immigration authorities. Families say agents shook their tents around midnight and threatened force. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐀, 𝐖𝐀:

ICE detained a woman who is five months pregnant when she arrived for an asylum interview, separating her from her husband and 1-year-old child. She experienced contractions and a migraine while detained before being released two days later. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

At least 25 people have died in ICE custody so far in 2026. The latest reported death was Carlos Josué Marchena, a 37-year-old Costa Rican man who had been detained since January and transferred through multiple facilities. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍, 𝐈𝐋:

Federal agents detained the wrong man after saying he resembled someone they were seeking. They released him after learning he was a U.S. citizen — but he was hospitalized with injuries to his head, neck and teeth. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

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This week, two U.S. citizen teens detained by ICE, a federal immigration agent convicted of deprivation of rights, and pregnant immigrants suffering miscarriages in detention as ICE stopped tracking the data.

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

Trump withdrew his nominee to lead ICE amid growing criticism of his immigration enforcement agenda — including from members of his own party — as backlash mounts over aggressive raids and tactics. #AbuseOfPowerWatch