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Bovino ramps up immigration raids in Chicago
A renewed Border Patrol presence in Chicago has residents on edge and protesters back in the streets following a series of reported detentions.
CHICAGO - Whistles are sounding on the streets of Chicago once again after the return of Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and company.
Social media had reports of sightings from Palatine to North Riverside.
What we know:
Residents in Little Village are angry, taking to the streets to protest the return of increased immigration enforcement.
They say three people were detained Tuesday on the Southwest Side. Agents in tactical gear — with Bovino among them — were spotted at 35th and Ridgeway where a man was led away.
Cameras were rolling when a similar scene played out at 26th and Kedvale, where another man was nabbed. We’re told 200 agents are back in Chicagoland. That had protesters out on 26th Street on Wednesday.
What they're saying:
A man who came in from the suburbs stood along 26th Street near the Little Village arch, holding a piñata fashioned to look like an ICE agent.
"The issue is they’re just mistreating people. They’re treating them like the worst criminals in the world and all they did was try to make a better life for themselves," he said.
Baltazar Enriquez of the LV Community Council says the detainees are being held at the Broadview ICE facilty and have been told they will be sent to Texas.
He says his network of supporters will block Bovino at every turn.
"He’s a little sneaky guy. The Grinch that wants to steal Christmas and we hope we can fight that with our patrol teams. So if 200 of his agents are out, there’s going to be 2000 of us out in Little Village," said Enriquez.
Enriquez says lawyers are busy fighting Tuesday's "illegal arrests."
The Source: The information in this story was obtained and reported by FOX 32's Roseanne Tellez.