Illegal immigrants collide with a Border Patrol vehicle during an immigration operation in Chicago

Two illegal immigrants were taken into custody Tuesday after their car collided with a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago during an immigration enforcement operation, sparking a clash with protesters, police said. Department of Homeland Security.

Luis Gerardo Perilla Ramirez and Yonder Enrique Tenfe Perez, both from Venezuela, were arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly ramming a border patrol vehicle and trying to flee the scene, according to a senior Department of Homeland Security source.

The accident happened near South Avenue N, according to officials.

“This morning while conducting an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago, a vehicle driven by an illegal alien struck a Border Patrol vehicle and attempted to flee the scene,” a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said. “Border Patrol pursued the vehicle and was eventually able to stop it using a certified Precision Pinpointing Technique (PIT) maneuver. Once the vehicle was stopped, the suspects, both illegal aliens, attempted to flee on foot. As Border Patrol arrested the subjects and attempted to secure the scene, a crowd of people began to form and eventually turned hostile, and crowd control measures were eventually used.” “Crowds.”

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The spokesman continued, “This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest, agitators and criminals ramming our law enforcement officers with cars.” “The fact that this attack was carried out by two illegal immigrants highlights the need for federal law enforcement to continue doing their job of enforcing our nation’s laws — all without receiving any pay thanks to the Democrat government shutdown.”

A crowd of people began gathering after the incident. chicago police They said they tried to calm the situation as federal agents prepared to leave, but people in the crowd started throwing things.

Federal agents then deployed tear gas on the street and 13 Chicago cops They were exposed to tear gas.

“Chicago Police Department officers responded to the 10500 block of S. Avenue N at approximately 11:07 a.m. to a call regarding a vehicle accident involving federal authorities,” the police department said in a statement. “CPD was not involved in any of the federal operations that occurred at that location. Upon arriving at the scene, officers documented the traffic accident. Since this accident involved federal authorities, additional CPD supervisors responded to the scene to ensure appropriate action was taken.”

“A crowd began to form and as federal authorities were leaving the scene, CPD members attempted to calm the situation for the safety of everyone, including community members who were gathering at the site,” the statement added. “The individuals then began throwing objects at federal agents, at which point federal agents deployed tear gas in the street. Thirteen CPD members were exposed to tear gas. Exposure reports will be completed for all CPD members who were exposed to tear gas.”

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, accused ICE of “recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and crowded streets, including near school children and CPD officers.”

“The Trump administration must stop spreading dangerous chemical weapons into peaceful American communities,” he wrote on X.

Anti-ice protesters in Chicago block vehicles, get hit with tear gas and pepper balls

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Lawyers at the law firm Romanucci & Blandin said at least one person detained by Border Patrol was a 15-year-old U.S. citizen, according to Fox 32. The boy was “snatched from a Chicago East Side street,” thrown to the ground, kneed in the back, and restrained by agents at about 12:30 p.m.

The lawyers said that the boy’s hands were tied and placed in the back of the car for five hours, noting that he was not allowed to contact his mother during that period. It was not clear why the boy was arrested.

“This is how people disappear in authoritarian regimes — they are grabbed off the streets, detained in unspecified locations, with no contact with their families, no charges made public, and no due process,” attorney Antonio M. Romanucci said in a statement. “A 15-year-old American citizen literally disappeared for five hours in Chicago. This is not law enforcement, this is the playbook of authoritarian regimes.”