US EditionHigh-speed Border Patrol chase ends in arrest, tear gas used on protesters on Chicago’s South Side
Federal agents used a precision immobilization technique to stop a red SUV, leading to multiple arrests and tear gas deployment after objects were thrown at agents, police said.
- A high-speed chase involving Border Patrol agents ended in an arrest on Chicago’s South Side, where protesters gathered before agents used tear gas to disperse them.
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker condemned the use of tear gas, stating that protesters were treated 'abominable' while peacefully expressing themselves.
- Thirteen Chicago police officers were exposed to tear gas during the incident, according to the Chicago police agency.
- In Springfield, immigration activists called for expanding 'sanctuary city' protections under Illinois' Trust Act, which limits cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
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Local leaders call press conference to decry East Side tear gas response by immigration agents
Community leaders from the city’s East Side neighborhood gathered Wednesday morning to denounce the actions of federal agents who deployed tear gas canisters on a residential street after a pursuit and vehicle crash. Less than 24 hours earlier, agents from Customs and Border Protection unleashed tear gas on hundreds of residents who gathered at 105th Street and Avenue N. The gas deployment came after angry people in the neighborhood started thro…
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Border Patrol chase ends in arrest, tear gas deployed on Chicago protesters
(The Hill) -- Border Patrol agents were involved in a Tuesday car chase that ended in dozens of protesters being sprayed with tear gas and two arrests in a Chicago neighborhood amid the Trump administration's crackdown on crime. Federal agents chased two individuals who rammed into a Border Patrol vehicle before fleeing the scene, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “Once the vehicle was stopped, the suspects, who are both i…
Tear gas released on Chicago crowd as Border Patrol describes chase, crash and arrests
Days after a federal judge issued an order aimed at reining in federal immigration agents’ use of chemicals on protesters, immigration agents used tear gas Tuesday to disperse what a spokesman described as a “hostile” crowd on Chicago’s Southeast Side
ICE is cracking down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans are fighting back - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
CHICAGO — Federal agents deployed tear gas on Chicago residents and more than a dozen police officers Tuesday, the latest clash in the nation’s third-largest city as the Trump administration has carried out its immigration crackdown.
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