'Intentional Scare Tactic': Community Leaders Speak Out After Federal Agents Swarm Chicago Puerto Rican Museum

Chicago Officials Say Federal Agents Targeted Puerto Rican Museum; Homeland Security Pushes Back – WTTW (Chicago)

“We will not tolerate this type of behavior in Humboldt Park,” Ald. Jessie Fuentes said, adding that the museum’s lease makes the building and grounds private property. “ICE is not welcome.”

Federal officers’ presence at Puerto Rican museum draws criticism, stokes deportation fears

The federal agents on the screen wore black as they entered the museum’s doors. One briefly spoke to a staff member before walking down the hallway and out of the camera’s view, leaving the employees at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in Humboldt Park feeling targeted and intimidated. “Our community is under attack. The Latino community, brown people, are being targeted by this administration,” said Ald. Gil Villegas, 36th, …

Puerto Rican museum staff on 'high alert' after claim DHS agents visited ahead of Chicago festival

Puerto Rican museum staff said the federal agents were looking at entry and exit points for events that may draw undocumented individuals. Department of Homeland Security officials deny their visit had anything to do with the museum.

After Federal Agents Pay Surprise Visit To Puerto Rican Museum, Chicago Leaders Tell ICE To Get Out

At least 15 unmarked vehicles and several agents, seen wearing black and plain clothes, hung out in the parking of Humboldt Park's National Puerto Rican Museum Tuesday, museum staff said.

'Intentional scare tactic': Community leaders speak out after federal agents swarm Chicago Puerto Rican museum

CHICAGO — Local leaders are speaking out after they say federal agents entered the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, refusing to show a badge or identification. WGN News was told that several federal agents arrived Tuesday afternoon to the museum, located at 3015 West Division Street in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. No prior notice was given — and when they were asked to show identification, the federal agents reportedly refuse…

Homeland Security swarms parking lot of Chicago's National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture

Local elected officials are concerned that DHS agents are surveying Humboldt Park ahead of two highly popular cultural festivals.