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The photo of a family separated by ICE agents has won the 2026 World Press Photo Award

ICE Immigration and Customs Policia Indar Luis has been the winner of this edition of the photo of the American photographer Carol Guzy who portrays the terrible moment when the Ecuadorian migrant is axilized and separated from his wife and three children.

Title: ICE Arrests at New York Court

Credit: © Carol Guzy, ZUMA Press, iWitness, for Miami Herald

Caption: ​​Distraught girls cling to their father, Luis, as ICE detains him following an immigration hearing. Luis served as the sole breadwinner for his family. New York City, New York, United States, 26 August 2025.

Story: In 2025, shifts in US immigration policy transformed courthouses into focal points for mass deportation efforts by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Masked ICE agents detained undocumented migrants immediately following their hearings, often leading to deeply traumatic family separations. These aggressive tactics, coupled with severely overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the 10th-floor holding facility in the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, prompted fierce public protests, class-action lawsuits, and the arrest of local elected officials demanding accountability.
Photo: Carol Guzy

American photographer Carol Guzy of Zuma Press has won the 2026 World Press Photo Award for her photo 'Separated by ICE' (separated by ICE) in New York, United States, on August 26, 2025.

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