Human Impact Project

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ICE detains uncle, sole caregiver of 13-year-old boy

Jan 15, 2026Pomona, CAMexico
Disappearance/DetentionRaidMinor/Family

Jose Oleaz, 34, was detained by ICE during a raid in Pomona on Wednesday while serving as the sole caregiver for his 13-year-old nephew Bryan. Oleaz, who immigrated from Mexico over 20 years ago, had been raising Bryan following the deaths of his wife Yesenia and sister Alejandra in a DUI crash two years prior. Family members describe Oleaz as a hardworking landscaper with no criminal record who also cares for his father with cancer.

Video appears to show ICE agents arrest man in Little Village as his wife and two young children cry

Sep 15, 2025Chicago, IL
Disappearance/DetentionVisa

ICE agents detained at least two Venezuelan men in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Monday, including one pulled from his car at 24th and Albany despite claims of legal status. Witnesses say agents hit the car before the man exited, then left his wife and two small children crying in the intersection without providing a warrant or information about his location. The Little Village Community Council, which had distributed whistles during Sunday's Mexican Independence Day parade to alert neighbors of ICE presence, is now working to secure legal representation as detentions increase and fear spreads through the community.

Ukrainian asylum seeker detained by ICE at routine appointment

Jan 30, 2026UkraineUkraine
Disappearance/DetentionRefugee/asylum

Maryna Ishchenko, a Ukrainian asylum seeker, was detained by ICE at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center during a routine immigration appointment, according to her U.S. citizen husband Asael Ramirez. She had previously been detained after initially presenting her asylum case at the border but was released after Ramirez agreed to sponsor her. The couple, married last year and living in Sylmar, was following ICE's instructions for regular check-ins when she was detained again, despite being married to a U.S. citizen.

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