Federal immigration agents reported being battered while attempting to make an arrest Sunday morning in the southwest Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, according to village officials.
Bolingbrook police responded to the 100 block of Williamsburg Lane shortly before 10 a.m., where they encountered two federal agents. The agents said they had been in the process of arresting a 46-year-old man in a parking lot when two women “approached and began striking them both in the head,” police said.
The man and the two women then fled the area on foot, officials said, and entered a nearby residence. The federal agents declined medical attention, and the Bolingbrook Police Department made no arrests.
A local rapid response team with the South Suburban Immigrant Project confirmed the presence of federal immigration agents in “several locations” around Bolingbrook on Sunday morning. These locations included Beaconridge Drive, which is near the 100 block of Williamsburg Lane, as well as Schmidt Road and Remington Boulevard. At least two people from the community were reportedly detained.
The Trump administration has intensified its crackdown on immigration in the Chicago area through “Operation Midway Blitz” since early September. According to the Department of Homeland Security, this operation has resulted in 1,500 arrests in Chicago and its suburbs.
The agency could not be immediately reached for comment on Sunday.
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