{"id":275760,"date":"2025-10-03T23:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/275760\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T23:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:37:11","slug":"chicago-immigration-news-alderperson-says-federal-agents-handcuffed-her-at-humboldt-park-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/275760\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago immigration news: Alderperson says federal agents handcuffed her at Humboldt Park Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; A Chicago alderperson said federal immigration agents handcuffed her, while she was questioning them at a Humboldt Park medical center Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Alderperson Jessie Fuentes said she was at Humboldt Park Health Friday, after there was a report of immigration agents at the facility.<\/p>\n<p>There has been an increased presence of federal agents across much of Chicago Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">She said when she asked the agents if they had a warrant to make an arrest at the medical center, they would not respond and shoved her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fuentes said she was later handcuffed and threatened with arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">RELATED:<\/strong> <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/ice-chicago-veterans-speak-air-force-veteran-dana-briggs-arrested-protest-broadview\/17924416\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veterans speak out against ICE after Air Force veteran arrested at protest in Broadview<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This is violence,&#8221; Fuentes said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Video shows the incident. Agents are seen claiming Fuentes was impeding their work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The director of the hospital said, while United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can come into the emergency room, they cannot go into the operating room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The hospital has no plans of releasing the person agents were originally trying to detain, who had broken his leg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fuentes said he broke his leg running from the agents. Attorneys were brought in to represent the person.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fuentes also said federal immigration agents have brought a number of people to local hospitals, when they were injured during arrests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;ICE&#8217;s abusive tactics have no place in our city, and our elected officials will continue to stand with residents against this attempt to stoke fear and intimidation,&#8221; Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a statement. &#8220;Chicago&#8217;s elected officials have a First Amendment right to document ICE&#8217;s actions and to inform their constituents of their rights without federal interference. Any attempt to block this work is a direct attack on democratic accountability and an assault on the rights of the people of Chicago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fuentes said there was an increase in immigration enforcement activity Friday in Humboldt Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">She said tear gas was used on passersby at the Home Depot on Cicero Street and Armitage Avenue and at Rico Fresh on Armitage and Central Park Avenue, as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Several Chicago aldermen spoke out Friday, amid &#8220;ongoing militarized immigration enforcement in Humboldt Park.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fuentes, state Sen. Graciela Guzm\u00e1n, Cook County Commissioner Jessica V\u00e1squez, Alderman Anthony Quezada, Alderwoman Rossana Rodr\u00edguez-S\u00e1nchez and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights spoke out Friday outside Humboldt Park Health&#8217;s emergency room.<\/p>\n<p>A Chicago alderperson said federal immigration agents handcuffed her, while she was questioning them at a Humboldt Park medical center Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A viewer posted cell phone video showing what appears to be a federal agent inside an SUV stuck in traffic in Logan Square Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The agent then throws what witnesses say was some sort of gas canister out the window.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">There has been an increased presence of federal agents across much of Chicago recently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In the Back of the Yards neighborhood, many people were around when at least five men were detained Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This comes as the Department of Homeland Security says it has made more than 900 arrests so far across Illinois in &#8220;Operation Midway Blitz.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">There was also an immigration raid in Humboldt Park about 6 a.m. Thursday morning. A woman says federal agents knocked down her front door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">She says her husband and two other men in the home were detained by ICE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The woman says she is a migrant from Venezuela, and her family has been in the U.S. for three years now, as they&#8217;ve been going through the process of seeking asylum.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WLS-TV. 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