Woman Files Federal Lawsuit Against ICE over Alleged Misconduct During 2025 Arrest in New Haven

New Haven mother sues federal government over ICE arrest

According to the legal complaint, Martinez spent 15 years in New Haven before she was detained in front of her 8-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter on June 9, 2025.

Woman arrested by ICE in New Haven files federal lawsuit over detention

A woman who was arrested by ICE agents in front of her children in New Haven has filed a civil lawsuit in federal court.

Woman files federal lawsuit against ICE over alleged misconduct during 2025 arrest in New Haven

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A Connecticut family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for alleged misconduct during a 2025 arrest in New Haven. Longtime New Haven resident Nancy Martinez said she was taking her children to school last June when she says masked ICE officers surrounded the [...]

New Haven mother sues federal government over ICE detainment

Nancy Martinez claims ICE agents handcuffed her and took her away without showing a warrant, leaving her children behind.

ICE deported this New Haven mom last year. Now she’s suing

Nancy Martinez filed a suit against the U.S. government after Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained the mom on her way to take her kids to school in June 2025.

Deported Mother Sues Over "Traumatic" ICE Arrest

Martinez’s mother, 9-year-old son, and 14-year-old daughter. National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: “It seems that with this administration, the cruelty is the point.” One year and six days after masked federal immigration agents detained Nancy Martinez in front of her kids in the Hill, Martinez has filed a lawsuit seeking redress for the trauma caused by that arrest. That legal complaint was filed in federal court and announced o…