Overview
- Video from Rayito de Sol in Chicago shows agents pulling preschool teacher Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano outside as children arrived, while DHS says she was detained in a lobby after a failed traffic stop and that work authorization does not confer legal status.
- In Los Angeles, federal agents arrested a U.S. citizen outside a Home Depot and drove off in his car with his 1-year-old daughter strapped in the back seat before relatives picked her up hours later at federal offices.
- DHS says the Los Angeles arrestee exited his vehicle with a hammer, threw objects at agents, and had a pistol reported stolen in New York in the car, and officials reported five additional immigration arrests during the operation.
- Rep. Mike Quigley and Rep. Delia Ramírez condemned the Chicago detention and said agents entered without a warrant, with Ramírez vowing to push for a federal review as parents and staff described a frightening scene.
- Scrutiny has widened with reports that ICE held Oregon U.S. citizen Berenice García-Hernández for about seven hours after she photographed agents’ vehicles, while immigrant families describe new precautions such as personal trackers.