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* As we told you over the weekend, the Illinois State Police has reached out to offer assistance to Broadview with its criminal investigation of this incident. CBS 2…
The Village of Broadview said they’ve launched a criminal investigation after a CBS News Chicago reporter had a projectile fired at her vehicle by an ICE agent late Sunday morning.
Reporter Asal Rezaei said there was no active protest or protesters at the facility, and she was alone with no one around her at the time of the incident.
In a report filed with Broadview police, Rezaei said she was driving her truck with her driver’s side window down, while approaching the 25th Avenue entrance to see if any activity was taking place, before leaving the area.
That’s when she said a masked ICE agent, who saw her window down, shot a pepper ball about 50 feet from the inside of the fence, hitting her truck’s driver’s side panel, causing the chemical agents to engulf the inside of her truck.
* The governor will undoubtedly be asked about the offer of ISP help for Broadview’s investigation this afternoon…
Daily Public Schedule: Monday, September 29, 2025
What: Governor Pritzker will hold a press conference with community leaders responding to increased federal deployments in Illinois.
When: 3:00 PM
Where: Press Room, 555 West Monroe, Chicago, IL, 60661
Watch: www.illinois.gov/livevideo
Note: There will be availability to follow.
* I imagine this topic will come up as well. Sun-Times…
Dozens of federal immigration agents took individuals into custody during a winding patrol Sunday through downtown Chicago, and a top U.S. Border Patrol official told WBEZ the agents were arresting people based on “how they look.”
The agents, clad in military fatigues, roamed past some of Chicago’s most well-known landmarks on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. The highly visible show of force came just three days after Border Patrol boats carrying armed officers appeared on the Chicago River.
Gregory Bovino, commander at large of the border force, contrasted the people being arrested with a white WBEZ reporter, saying agents consider a person’s appearance before taking them into custody. […]
“You know, there’s many different factors that go into something like that,” Bovino said. “It would be agent experience, intelligence that indicates there’s illegal aliens in a particular place or location.
“Then, obviously, the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said to the reporter, a tall, middle-aged man of Anglo descent.
These would be known as “Kavanaugh Stops.” A possible example of one such recent Chicago attempt is parodied here.
* Click here for the filing. Sun-Times…
Federal agents recently detained at least three U.S. citizens amid President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago, according to lawyers mounting the most significant court challenge yet to the president’s “Operation Midway Blitz.”
The arrests are detailed in a new federal court filing from the National Immigrant Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, arguing that ICE arrested 27 people without warrants or probable cause and in violation of an existing consent decree.
The filing describes how one person getting ready for work in Elgin allegedly “saw red lasers all over the kitchen and the front door” before an explosion suddenly rang out, signaling the start of a raid. Another arrest was allegedly documented in part by a 14-year-old recording from the backseat of a car. […]
The settlement stems from a 2018 class-action lawsuit challenging ICE agents’ use of traffic stops and other tactics to make warrantless, unlawful arrests.
The original consent decree expired in May, and the two civil rights groups filed a motion to extend it for three years in March, noting over two dozen violations during the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term.
The court has yet to issue a final ruling on the motions. In the meantime, the attorneys said ICE has dropped the policy despite the court’s order that it remain in place as the motion proceeds.
* More…
* ABC Chicago | Broadview police chief says he was verbally attacked by ICE agent; mayor criticizes ICE in letter: Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills told the ABC7 I-Team he was verbally attacked by an ICE agent during a protest outside of the facility earlier this month. “I’ve been doing this job a long time now, but I was shocked,” Mills said. “I was shocked. I’ve never been spoken to by a fellow law enforcement officer in such a way.” […] Mills then detailed that as he was walking across a skirmish on September 12, he endured multiple expletives by an ICE agent, calling him a coward, accusing him of neglecting his duties during protests that got physical.
* Sun-Times | Broadview officials say ICE agents warned that mayor’s comments would bring consequences: Broadview officials said Saturday that their police department was warned by federal agents there would be “a s— show” in the west suburb in response to Mayor Katrina Thompson’s comments that ICE is “making war on my community.” Their comments came as, for a second day in a row, federal agents launched tear gas and other chemical irritants near protesters gathered outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview.
* Sun-Times | ICE arrests tamale vendor in Back of the Yards, online fundraiser launched to assist vendors: Ozuna and a group of residents decided to sell tamales from Murillo’s stand the following morning with café de olla courtesy of Back of the Yards Coffee. The effort, led by the nonprofit Increase the Peace, resulted in the sale of more than 300 tamales, with the proceeds going to supporting Murillo and her family. “It’s been a very scary and tough time for us right now,” said Maria Orozco of the Street Vendors Association, whose parents sell food in Oak Lawn. “It’s been over 20 days since the majority of our vendors haven’t gone out to sell because of the political climate … a lot of them are just hiding out, making sure they’re not coming out of the house, having family members taking them food, groceries and stuff like that.”
* WGN | ICE detains Chicago tamale vendor on Southwest Side, community rallies in support: Murillo came to the United States from Mexico 20 years ago. She has three daughters, the youngest is 12-years-old and has special needs. Murillo also owns a small restaurant on the city’s Far South Side with 20 employees.
* Sun-Times | Broadview police probe federal agent who shot pepper rounds at CBS reporter’s vehicle: The National Lawyers Guild Chicago confirmed five of the 11 people detained Saturday night were still in federal custody. The group called agents’ attacks on the news media and protesters alike “alarming and violent.” “The violence was an indiscriminate, unprovoked, and illegal use of force,” said Amanda Yarusso, a volunteer attorney with the National Lawyers Guild Chicago. “These unlawful actions by federal agents demonstrate this administration’s complete disregard of constitutional standards.”
* Tribune | In show of force, dozens of armed federal immigration agents patrol downtown Chicago: Roughly 20 bystanders and passersby started following the officers, chanting “ICE, go home!” The agents stopped at the intersection with Oak Street. Several got in vans that drove away. For another 15 minutes, the crowd of protesters around them grew bigger, yelling “shame.”
* Block Club | Armed Federal Agents Patrol Downtown To Chants Of ‘Shame’: It is unclear how many arrests were made during the operation. Multiple construction workers were reportedly arrested at a Downtown construction site and a food cart was left vacant near the Art Institute of Chicago, officials said at Sunday’s press conference.
* WaPo | Videos of fatal ICE shooting in Chicago raise questions about DHS account: DHS said an officer was “seriously injured” by an undocumented immigrant who hit and dragged him with his car. Video indicates the officer suffered minor injuries he dismissed as “nothing major.”
* Reuters | A Mexican town mourns father slain by ICE in Chicago: Silverio Villegas Gonzalez left Irimbo, in Mexico’s Michoacan state, for the United States 18 years ago. He returned on Thursday in a coffin after he was shot dead by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on September 12. […] Both Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have called for further investigations into the ICE agents’ tactics.
* NYT | Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order: The top federal prosecutor in Sacramento was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.
* Capitol News Illinois | Illinois law prohibits sheriffs from assisting ICE with civil immigration enforcement. Some wish they could: The Medill Illinois News Bureau and Capitol News Illinois sought to survey Illinois sheriffs about how they perceive their roles in immigration enforcement. Of the 102 Illinois sheriffs, 28 responded to reporters or answered survey questions electronically. Medill Bureau reporters reached out to unresponsive sheriffs at least three times over several months by phone, mail, email and sometimes in person. Sheriffs surveyed come from geographically diverse regions of the state, although the state’s 21 northernmost counties, aside from Cook County, did not respond. Sheriffs’ views varied widely. Some said they had no opinion due to their county’s lack of immigration activity. Others said they favor repealing or revising state limits to allow more cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
* Playbook | Feds stage show of force in Chicago: “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidation, instilling fear in our communities and hurting our businesses,” Pritzker said in a statement about the Department of Homeland Security officers who patrolled areas along Michigan Avenue. “We cannot normalize militarizing American cities and suburbs. Make sure you know your rights and stay alert.” […] Watch for Willie Wilson, the conservative Chicago businessman and former political candidate, to testify Tuesday before the full U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee regarding crime in Chicago “and why the National Guard is needed,” according to a statement from his team.
* Sun-Times | Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’: Gregory Bovino, commander at large of the border force, contrasted the people being arrested with a white WBEZ reporter, saying agents consider a person’s appearance before taking them into custody. “You know, there’s many different factors that go into something like that,” Bovino said. “It would be agent experience, intelligence that indicates there’s illegal aliens in a particular place or location. “Then, obviously, the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said to the reporter, a tall, middle-aged man of Anglo descent.
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 8:32 am
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Broadview should shut off water and electricity to the ICE facility until they remove the illegal fence across the road.
Comment by ChicagoVinny Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 8:35 am
I didn’t know tamale vendors were hardened criminals. Learn something new every day!
Comment by Sir Reel Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 8:44 am
==saying agents consider a person’s appearance==
Though I shouldn’t be surprised given the fact that this Supreme Court is bending over backwards as the President shreds the Constitution, it still boggles my mind that the Supreme Court of the United States has made violating the 4th Amendment perfectly fine. When the Supreme Court isn’t interested in upholding the Constitution then we have big problems. I have zero confidence in the Supreme Court now.
Comment by Demoralized Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 9:15 am
The video of about 15 of them going after a food delivery guy on a bike looked like a skit from the old Benny Hill show. What a joke and waste of taxpayer dollars.
Im sure he was a “hardened criminal” like the women and kids selling tamales…
Comment by low level Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 9:19 am
So glad we are being protected from those violent gangs of tamale vendors, food delivery guys, and construction workers. That will certainly make Chicago streets safer.
Comment by JoanP Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 9:26 am
Sue and her ilk should be proud, after investing just a measly $75 billion into ICE we finally are getting rid of those terribly violent and menacing 6 year old girls with dolls. The country has never been safer, America has truly been made great once again.
Comment by Charles Edward Cheese Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 9:42 am
I hope we are counting the ICE guys in our tourism numbers. It was a great day to be out and downtown yesterday, taking in the sights and sounds.
Illinois: Middle of Everything.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 9:42 am
==The video of about 15 of them going after a food delivery guy on a bike looked like a skit from the old Benny Hill show. What a joke and waste of taxpayer dollars.==
He apparently had yelled at them. So they chased him because their feelings were hurt.
Comment by Former Downstater Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 9:43 am
“The top federal prosecutor in Sacramento was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.”
Hope everyone enjoyed living in a country of laws while they had it. You live in some other kind of country now.
Comment by Larry Bowa Jr. Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 9:44 am
Despicable and disgusting. I honestly thought that video of them chasing the food delivery guy was AI. They looked so ridiculous.
I think civil justice is the best avenue for people harmed by ICE’s unlawful conduct. I mean, who knows what SCOTUS would do with a criminal prosecution of an ICE agent even if it was an airtight case. It does not make it right, however.
Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 9:56 am
Where is the Happy Warrior at? Shouldn’t he be downtown?
Comment by Happy Warrior Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 9:56 am
I am convinced the chasing officers thought this was their door dash delivery of deep dish pizza. Otherwise they never run so fast.
Comment by Peters Piece Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 10:06 am
To MAGA, everything is a rock, and all words urge violence against them.
Comment by Norseman Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 10:25 am
@ JoanP
=== So glad we are being protected from those violent gangs of tamale vendors ===
Quote worthy.
Comment by H-W Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 10:33 am
This is obscene: productive, law-abiding people being chased, roughed up and arrested without cause by masked Proud Boys cosplaying as soldiers in tactical gear.
If we ever get back to rationality in this country, these individuals and the people who unleashed them need to be held to account. I pray that day will come.
Comment by Crispy Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 10:58 am
I have a friend, Jennifer, who is Italian but looks Hispanic. There is a good chance she could be questioned (detained). This is insane and with the attack on the reporter,it’s just going to get worse.
Comment by levivoted4judy Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 11:08 am
And time goes by so slowly,
And time can so so much:
https://logwork.com/countdown-h5o4
Comment by TinyDancer(FKASue) Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 11:25 am
Is there no rock bottom for MAGA?
Comment by AlfondoGonz Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 11:39 am
=I have zero confidence in the Supreme Court now.=
Ditto.
=Is there no rock bottom for MAGA?=
No.
=So they chased him because their feelings were hurt.=
The delicate feels of the self proclaimed maga tough guy crowd is simply astounding. Never have I seen so many butched-up army man cosplay guys who are really just very delicate daisies.
Comment by JS Mill Monday, Sep 29, 25 @ 11:49 am