Overview

• On June 17, Krishnamoorthi and Jackson sought to tour the South Loop ICE check-in office but were turned away by an agent who refused to identify himself and called police to remove them.
• The facility, which immigrants must visit for routine check-ins, had detained at least ten people subject to final removal orders during a June 4 operation.
• During the visit, the congressmen spoke with people there for scheduled appointments, including a mother escorted by her National Guardsman sons who fear her detention.
• Krishnamoorthi and Jackson intend to write to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and consider subpoenas to demand oversight of the Chicago ICE field office.
• The incident highlights escalating tension between the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement and local demands for transparency and due process.