Overview
- Dayanne Figueroa, a U.S. citizen, was pulled from her car and restrained by armed federal agents on Oct. 10 in Chicago’s West Town, an episode captured in widely shared bystander footage.
- Multiple videos reviewed by reporters show an unmarked federal SUV colliding with Figueroa’s car as agents tried to leave a tense scene where landscaping workers were being detained.
- DHS contends Figueroa struck a government vehicle and violently resisted, injuring two officers, with Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin describing her as an agitator who kicked agents.
- Figueroa denies wrongdoing, says the agents crashed into her, was held for hours and later released without charges, and her family struggled to locate her during the detention.
- The incident has renewed criticism of federal enforcement practices in the Chicago area, following recent cases where prosecutors dropped charges or grand jurors declined to indict people arrested near ICE operations.