Detention
2025 June
2025-06-23 US Marine and father of three Narcisco Barranco was beaten and detained after DHS accused him of assaulting ICE agents with a weedwhacker. Video footage debunked DHS claims.
2025 July
2025-07-10 ICE detained Iraq war veteran George Retes while he was on the way to work. Retes was pepper sprayed, strip searched, denied a lawyer or phone call, and kept for three days.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/19/us/california-immigration-raid-george-retes
2025-07-15 U.S. Army Veteran Bajin Mavalwalla was arrested at his home one month after he participated in an anti-ice protest and faced up to six (6) years in prison for alleged conspiracy to impede an ICE officer. During the protest, 93 justice attorneys received a memo demanding they prioritize prosecutions of anti-ICE protesters. Of the attorneys who would not comply for obvious ethical reasons, they were either ousted or forced to resign.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/us-army-veteran-ice-protest-trial
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/jan/10/bajun-mavalwalla-ii-makes-first-public-statement-f/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/us-attorney-quits-over-ice-protest-case/gm-GM2CE84762
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujr8ktg4epY&t=458s
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-prosecutors-immigration/
2025 September
2025-09-30 Senator Tammy Duckworth said, “Our troops did not sign up to be on the streets to intimidate our neighbors”.
2025 October
2025-10-04 ICE agents knocked down and pepper sprayed 84-year-old Vietnam Veteran Richard Eckman while he was leaning on his walker. Agents also launched a projectile at his wife Laurie who sustained a bleeding head injury from the attack.
2025 November
2025-11-14 ICE deported Purple Heart veteran with PTSD Jose Barco in Florence Arizona.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/14/purple-heart-veteran-deported
2025 December
2025-12-12 The Trump administration started collecting data on immigrants affiliated with the VA and the National Interest Waivers program, which still suffers drastic staffing shortages.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/12/veterans-affairs-homeland-security-data-report
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/department-veterans-affairs-shortages-trump
2025-12-13 When Kristi Noem claimed DHS had not detained any US citizens or military veterans Representative Seth Magaziner of Rhode Island provided key testimonies from multiple combat veterans who had been detained and were legal citizens.