Overview
- Video from outside the Rayito de Sol center shows two ICE agents escorting a staff member with her hands behind her back as families arrived.
- Rep. Mike Quigley, Ald. Matt Martin and daycare leaders said agents entered without a warrant and caused trauma to children and staff.
- Rep. Delia Ramírez said she will seek a federal review after speaking with teachers who hid during the enforcement action.
- DHS identified the detainee as Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, said she entered the U.S. unlawfully in 2023, and asserted the arrest followed a failed traffic stop and occurred in a lobby.
- The episode comes during ICE’s Operation Midway Blitz in Illinois, which residents and local media have linked to aggressive tactics that have escalated fear in immigrant neighborhoods.