Category:Incidents in Illinois
Incidents in Illinois
This page collects all documented immigration-enforcement incidents that occurred in the state of Illinois. These include workplace raids, traffic stops, home arrests, detentions, deportation actions, abuses, and any other discrete events involving ICE, CBP, HSI, ERO, local 287(g) partners, or any federal–local cooperative unit.
All incidents listed here were created and verified by the ICE List research team. Members of the public can submit information using our incident submission form.
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Status: Active documentation Primary field office: Chicago Field Office Regional focus: Chicago metro raids and home arrests, Northern Illinois food-processing operations, courthouse surveillance Related categories:
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Key locations in Illinois
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- Aurora
- Rockford
- Joliet
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The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total.
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- Incident:2024-09-24 Immigration Officers Outside DHS Facility (Chicago South Loop)
- Incident:2025-01-26 Lyons, Illinois father Abel Orozco among 22 accusing US immigration agents of illegal ICE arrests; encounter caught on camera - ABC7 Chicago
- Incident:2025-01-31 Immigration agents arrested a U.S. citizen and created warrants after an arrest, lawyers say in court - WBEZ Chicago
- Incident:2025-02-26 Immigration agents detain a Chicago man during school drop-off, officials say - WBEZ Chicago
- Incident:2025-07-29 Grandmother detained by ICE after 47 years living legally in US over $22 bad check - The Mirror US
- Incident:2025-08-07 ICE contractor locked an immigrant and her baby at an O'Hare hotel for five days - Injustice Watch
- Incident:2025-09-12 Franklin Park IL Killing of Silverio Villegas González
- Incident:2025-09-12 Local Police Chief Tears Into ICE for Exposing His Offices to Tear Gas - Newsweek
- Incident:2025-09-12 Videos of fatal ICE shooting in Chicago raise questions about DHS account - The Washington Post
- Incident:2025-09-16 2 apparent US citizens swept up by ICE in Elgin, Illinois; Melrose Park protest gets underway with Kristi Noem in Chicago area - ABC7 Chicago
- Incident:2025-09-16 U.S. citizen tased and detained during ICE operation in Des Plaines, Illinois - CBS News
- Incident:2025-09-18 Bolingbrook IL Landscaper Detention
- Incident:2025-09-19 Evanston mayor among protesters hit with tear gas at ICE facility - Axios Chicago
- Incident:2025-09-19 Judge orders restrictions on federal tactics against ICE protesters after Chicago-area pastor shot with pepper balls - CNN
- Incident:2025-09-26 ICE fires baton rounds at protesters in Broadview
- Incident:2025-09-26 Journalist shot in head, face with pepper balls at Illinois immigration facility - U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
- Incident:2025-09-27 Photographer shot with pepper balls at Illinois ICE facility, camera damaged - U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
- Incident:2025-09-28 Mother and children detained in Millennium Park released from ICE custody, father flown to Texas detention center: 'We're praying for a miracle' - Chicago Tribune
- Incident:2025-09-28 Pepper ball fired at CBS Chicago reporter part of incidents involving media outside Broadview ICE facility - CBS Chicago
- Incident:2025-09-28 Video of agents pushing 70-year-old veteran sparks outrage – NBC Chicago
- Incident:2025-09-30 After Midnight Raid on Chicago Apartment Building, No One Was Charged With a Crime — ProPublica
- Incident:2025-10-03 Chicago immigration: Ald. Fuentes says agents handcuffed her in Humboldt Park; Pritzker calls for South Shore raid investigation - ABC7 Chicago
- Incident:2025-10-03 How Trump's Chicago Immigration Crackdown Escalated, in 10 Videos - The New York Times
- Incident:2025-10-03 ICE and Border Patrol's use of tear gas injures, sickens and tests the law - The Washington Post
- Incident:2025-10-03 Little Village IL Father and Son Detained by Federal Agents
- Incident:2025-10-04 Chicago IL Brighton Park Neighborhood Shooting by Federal Agent
- Incident:2025-10-04 How Trump's Chicago Immigration Crackdown Escalated, in 10 Videos - The New York Times
- Incident:2025-10-04 ICE and Border Patrol's use of tear gas injures, sickens and tests the law - The Washington Post
- Incident:2025-10-06 Waukegan mayor intervenes as U.S. citizen detained by Border Patrol agents near city hall - CBS News
- Incident:2025-10-07 Chicago IL Tackle Assault By Agent
- Incident:2025-10-07 ICE agents clash with cemetery workers attempting to help man in river - WGN9 Chicago
- Incident:2025-10-10 Chicago Producer's Arrest by Border Patrol Agents Raises Legal Questions - Newsweek
- Incident:2025-10-10 US Citizen Dragged From Car by Border Patrol in Chicago - Newsweek
- Incident:2025-10-10 Video: Arrest of Hoffman Estates teen by ICE sparks outrage - Chicago Tribune
- Incident:2025-10-10 Women arrested by ICE in front of Chicago elementary school, accused of stalking agents - CBS Chicago
- Incident:2025-10-14 15-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Taken By Feds For 5 Hours After East Side Protest, Attorney Says - Block Club Chicago
- Incident:2025-10-14 Chase involving federal agents led to a crash and angry community response in Chicago - CNN
- Incident:2025-10-14 ICE Released Tear Gas Outside a Chicago Elementary School - The Intercept
- Incident:2025-10-15 Agents tackle US citizen after East Side operations leads to crash, spills into Walgreens - ABC7 Chicago
- Incident:2025-10-20 Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention. - The 19th
- Incident:2025-10-20 ICE Agent Points Gun at Pregnant Woman During Arrest - Newsweek
- Incident:2025-10-20 Oak Park attorney detained by ICE outside elementary school - Wednesday Journal
- Incident:2025-10-21 Illinois state representative describes ICE encounter with gun - CNN
- Incident:2025-10-21 Immigration agents arrest CPS vendor outside North Side school - Chicago Sun-Times
- Incident:2025-10-22 Tensions rise as driver attempts to hit federal agents in Chicago, at least 7 detained - WGN9
- Incident:2025-10-23 Federal agents detain high school student in Little Village, deploy tear gas in faceoff with protesters - Chicago Sun-Times
- Incident:2025-10-24 Immigration enforcement on North Side leads to tense confrontations, soft lockdowns at schools - ABC7 Chicago
- Incident:2025-10-25 Chicago IL Old Irving Park Halloween Parade Disruption by Federal Agents
- Incident:2025-10-25 ICE in Chicago: Tear gas deployed in Irving Park and Avondale - Chicago Tribune
- Incident:2025-10-25 US citizen, 67, suffers broken ribs after Border Patrol agents drag him out of car in shocking video: report - NY Post
- Incident:2025-10-25 US citizens detained by feds speak out after protesters confront agents at Aurora school, hospital - ABC 7 Chicago
- Incident:2025-10-26 Feds break car window to detain woman at Addison grocery store – NBC Chicago
- Incident:2025-10-26 ICE and Border Patrol's use of tear gas injures, sickens and tests the law - The Washington Post
- Incident:2025-10-29 Shocking moment ICE 'fires' at US citizen begging: 'I’ve got kids in my car' - The Mirror U.S.
- Incident:2025-10-31 Evanston IL Assault by Federal Agents
- Incident:2025-10-31 Federal agents arrest 3 US citizens after crash during immigration operation in Evanston - ABC News Chicago
- Incident:2025-10-31 On Halloween, 'state-sponsored terror' in Chicago and the North Suburbs - The Chicago Tribune
- Incident:2025-10-31 Rogers Park IL Threats With Pepper Spray by Federal Agent
- Incident:2025-11-02 Suburban man hospitalized after allegedly being struck during ICE arrest - Chicago Sun-Times
- Incident:2025-11-05 Yo tengo papeles': Teacher detained by immigration agents in North Center day care - Chicago Sun Times
- Incident:2025-11-08 1-year-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this' - Chicago Sun-Times
- Incident:2025-11-18 Broadview IL Alleged Cooperation Dispute