Crime & Justice · Nov 15, 2026ICE Watch: Arizona ICE detainee wakes, still critical; future uncertain

ICE Watch & Accountability · Daily Update · November 14, 2026, 6:44 PM CST

Where These Stories Happened

1. Tacoma, Washington; 2. Lodi, California; 3. Washington, District of Columbia

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Detention & Deaths

Arizona ICE detainee wakes, still critical; future uncertain

Hospitalized ICE detainee Andreea Marin has regained consciousness and begun breathing on her own, but she is not verbal and is still in critical condition, according to her family, who say they are "traumatized" by what's happened to Marin since she was found unconscious in her cell at Eloy Detention Center last month after an apparent suicide attempt.

Meanwhile, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offered to release Marin from federal custody, according to Marin's brother, who fears her release from custody now could end up helping ICE avoid accountability for what happened to her. Marin's brother arrived at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa Nov. 6 to find Marin thrashing in her hospital bed with her eyes open but "unfocused," as hospital staff restrained her to remove the feeding tube Marin had tried to rip out, her brother wrote in a message Thursday to the Arizona Daily Star. People are also reading… Marin was gagging on the tube, making sounds, vomiting and unable to communicate, said her brother, who has asked the Star not to publish his full name as he copes with his grief.^[1]

23 Immigrants Died of Medical Neglect in ICE Custody in First Year of Trump’s Second Term

Nearly two dozen immigrants died in the custody of ICE during the first year of President Trump’s second term due to medical neglect.

That’s according to findings by the San Francisco Chronicle, which obtained internal ICE investigations into the 29 deaths that occurred in 2025. ICE’s own documents admit immigration jails failed to provide emergency medical care. In some cases, ICE jail staff even mocked or ignored people who requested help and who later died.^[2]

Courts & Lawsuits

Waldorf Man Detained by ICE Released After Nearly Three Weeks, Family Says Judge Reportedly Ruled Arrest As Unlawful

A Waldorf-area man who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents outside a restaurant in Charles County on October 26, 2026, has been released after nearly three weeks in federal custody, according to a social media update from supporters.

Salvador Calderas Lopez was reportedly released Friday, November 13, after a judge determined that his arrest was unlawful and ordered federal authorities to release him within 90 minutes. The reported court ruling and terms of his release have not yet been independently verified through a copy of the judge’s order. However, the case shows as active under a Habeas Corpus – Alien Detainee suit.^[3]

County's coordination with ICE violated Washington law, judge rules

A judge ruled Friday that an eastern Washington county illegally aided federal immigration enforcement, in violation of a landmark state law restricting such coordination.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is now barred from continuing to coordinate with civil immigration agents and must revise its policies to align with the Keep Washington Working Act, the state’s so-called “sanctuary” law, and train its deputies on the policy. In a lawsuit last year, Brown accused the sheriff’s office of flouting the law by sending nonpublic information about local jail inmates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents.^[4]

“This is a victory for the rights and dignity of all Washingtonians, regardless of where they were born, and an affirmation that local law enforcement cannot be co-opted by the federal government,” Attorney General Nick Brown said in a statement.
— as reported by Yakima Herald-Republic

Raids & Arrests

Dr. Ann Lawani Controversy Explained as Anger Grows Over ICE Arrest

A California nurse and university professor has been held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody for nearly two months after being arrested at her home, prompting calls for her release from relatives, colleagues, and elected officials.

Dr. Ann Lawani, 39, was detained by federal immigration agents in Lodi, California, on September 16 and later transferred to Louisiana, according to her attorney and colleagues at the University of San Francisco, where she is a nursing professor. “To be clear: work authorization does not confer legal status in the U.S.,” the spokesperson added.^[5]

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson told Newsweek that Lawani “received due process and was issued a final order of removal on August 6, 2013,” and “will remain in ICE custody pending removal from the United States.”
— as reported by Newsweek

Attorney for 2 men detained by ICE at Phoenix airport says that type of arrest is on the rise

Agustin Baccega and Gustavo Romanello are a married couple who came to the U.S. on visas in 2020 and requested asylum soon after.

Both men have ongoing asylum petitions, valid work permits and no criminal record. Phoenix immigration attorney Ray Ybarra Maldonado, whose firm is representing the couple, says this year saw a sharp uptick in the number of arrests of people with that profile.^[6]

“We’re talking about individuals who follow the law, and ask for entry into the country, timely file asylum applications, have work permits that give them authorization to work from anywhere in the country,” Maldonado said.
— as reported by KJZZ

Oversight & Policy

The U.S. and Iran are at war. But ICE is still working with Tehran on deportations

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Set us as preferred – Newly unsealed documents in a lawsuit against the U.S. government reveal that the administration has been communicating with Iran about deporting immigrants back to the country, even as the two nations are at war. In a court hearing transcript, Judge Ana C. Reyes voiced strong opposition to the Trump administration’s coordination with the Iranian government. Reyes did not grant an injunction to halt information sharing, however, and will decide whether to allow the case to proceed in the coming months.^[7]

Guantánamo Is a Linchpin at the Intersection of ICE and the “War on Terror”

Part of the Series The War That Was Never Meant to End: 25 Years of the War on Terror Honest, paywall-free news is rare.

Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Guantánamo Bay has repeatedly made headlines in recent months. In August, the Trump administration sent 12 Somali men to the remote prison, several of them from Minnesota, where the community has faced relentless harassment.^[8]

Primary Records

Check the government’s own records directly:

• ICE detainee death reporting (ICE’s own notices)
• DHS Office of Inspector General reports
• ICE online detainee locator

References

1. Arizona Daily Star. Arizona ICE detainee wakes, still critical; future uncertain. ↩
2. Democracy Now!. 23 Immigrants Died of Medical Neglect in ICE Custody in First Year of Trump’s Second Term. ↩
3. Southern Maryland News Net. Waldorf Man Detained by ICE Released After Nearly Three Weeks, Family Says Judge Reportedly Ruled Arrest As Unlawful. ↩
4. Yakima Herald-Republic. County's coordination with ICE violated Washington law, judge rules. ↩
5. Newsweek. Dr. Ann Lawani Controversy Explained as Anger Grows Over ICE Arrest. ↩
6. KJZZ. Attorney for 2 men detained by ICE at Phoenix airport says that type of arrest is on the rise. ↩
7. Los Angeles Times. The U.S. and Iran are at war. But ICE is still working with Tehran on deportations. ↩
8. Truthout. Guantánamo Is a Linchpin at the Intersection of ICE and the “War on Terror”. ↩

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