Overview

• Community reports and State Sen. Karina Villa indicate up to 15–16 people were detained in separate West Chicago operations, including a 13-year-old.
• Video circulating on social media shows masked agents boarding an SUV and leaving as Villa confronts them and tells residents to stay indoors unless shown a judge-signed order.
• Arrests were reported near a police department parking lot, a school, an apartment complex, and a grocery store, with additional agent activity observed at Chicago court buildings.
• The Cook County public defender’s office said two people were taken into custody outside a county courthouse, and Chicago police confirmed a reported armed person there was a member of another law-enforcement agency.
• Gov. J.B. Pritzker said ICE has increased personnel on the ground in Illinois, while federal officials did not immediately comment and state laws including the TRUST Act and HB 5172 continue to shape local responses.