CHICAGO – A Chicago woman who is a U.S. citizen says she was handcuffed by ICE agents before being detained for hours during a middle-of-the-night raid in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood earlier this week.
“I got a gun put in my face and, me, personally, I don’t appreciate that at all. There were several of us that got detained for some hours. I’m not the only one and when we asked them what was going on they wouldn’t answer us,” said South Shore Building Resident Pertissue Fisher.
Congressional leaders and South Shore residents welcomed the press to the scene of a late-night raid in South Shore earlier this week for a look inside the building.
What we know:
First District Congressman Jonathon Jackson, who led the tour, told reporters: “Residents were terrorized, children were thrown to the ground.”
The press event took place on the same day Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D), speaking out about the raid, told CNN, “They were going after a few criminals, instead they broke windows, they broke down doors, they ransacked the place and there were people that were held, I mean elderly people and children zip-tied.”
Congressional leaders are vowing to unite the city against any and all immigration enforcement as the temperature in Chicago continues to rise.
“Let’s be clear, ICE is not about safety, ICE is about control and sowing fear amongst our people,” said 4th District Congressman Chuy Garcia.
All of this is happening as the arrival of federalized National Guard Troops arriving in Chicago now appears to be a foregone conclusion.
Third District Congresswoman Delia Ramirez added, “Kristi Noem has proudly gone on TV and said Chicago get ready because the Department of War is coming to Chicago, an American city, a cabinet member has declared war on an American city!”