A Year of Flowers, Candles and Memories: The Vigil of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP

A year of silence follows ICE killing of Silverio Villegas González, despite resounding calls for justice

Little about the case has been revealed since Villegas González was fatally shot by an immigration agent in Franklin Park on Sept. 12, 2025 — four days after the Trump administration launched Operation Midway Blitz. Since then, his supporters have been left to grapple with painful, unanswered questions.

A Year of Flowers, Candles and Memories: The Vigil of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP

Camilla Forte/Borderless Magazine/Catchlight Local/Report for AmericaFranklin Park residents say the roadside memorial to a father shot by ICE has become a gathering place for grief and resistance to immigration enforcement.