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This is part of our series of daily recaps of ICE activity in the Chicago region. Have a tip we should check out? Email newsroom@blockclubchi.org. LINCOLN SQUARE — Federal agents detained a woman who works for the news agency WGN on Friday morning as she attempted to document them detaining a Latino man, witnesses said. It is unclear if the woman …

SOUTH SHORE — Federal agents detained four children who are United States citizens during an ICE raid this week in South Shore, according to a report. The children were held “until they could be placed in the care of guardians,” according to a New York Times report, which cited Department of Homeland Security officials. No further details were immediately available. …

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. “I’ve been on military bases for a good portion of my life,” said Darrell Ballard, who lives in the building next door. “And the activity I saw – it was an invasion.” Ballard recalled seeing …

An Alabama construction worker and U.S. citizen who says he was detained twice by immigration agents within just a few weeks has filed a lawsuit in federal court demanding an end to Trump administration workplace raids targeting industries with large immigrant workforces. The class-action lawsuit, filed Tuesday by concrete worker Leo Garcia Venegas with the public interest law firm Institute …

Chicago journalist detained while covering protest outside Broadview immigration facility  The TRiiBE Protest in Broadview: ICE tells Broadview officials agents will launch enforcement throughout suburb, deploy chemicals: village  ABC7 Chicago ICE tactics inflame tensions in New York, Chicago and other cities  Reuters Protesters rally outside Broadview ICE facility against ‘Operation Midway Blitz’  WGN-TV Clashes erupt as protests continue outside suburban ICE processing facility  NBC 5 …

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG/KCCI) – The Des Moines Public School Board voted Saturday to place Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts on administrative leave after he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, on Friday. The vote during Saturday’s special meeting was 7-0. “While there is still much that we don’t know, what we do know is that Dr. Roberts is currently …

BROADVIEW, Ill. (WLS) — Hundreds of people protested outside an immigration building Friday in Broadview. Pepper bullets and tear gas were used several times, and ABC7 witnessed at least two protesters being detained as the group was out for hours, demanding answers from DHS. ABC7 learned later Friday evening that one protester taken into custody by ICE, who the Department …

The 79-year-old owner of a Los Angeles area car wash is seeking $50m in damages from the federal government after US immigration authorities allegedly slammed the US citizen to the ground and detained him for almost 12 hours. Rafie Ollah Shouhed suffered significant injuries during an immigration raid this month, his attorney said, including broken ribs and a traumatic brain …

Des Moines Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts Detained by ICE, Officials Say  The New York Times ICE arrests superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa  CNN Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE  The Des Moines Register ICE arrests top educator at Iowa’s largest school district  BBC Iowa school superintendent arrested by ICE, facing prior weapons charges, allegedly found with loaded …

The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools — Iowa’s largest school district – was detained Friday morning by immigration agents, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which said the educator was in the country illegally and had existing weapon possession charges. Superintendent Ian Roberts – an educator with decades of experience who previously competed as an Olympic athlete – …