A 23-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested and released in Waukegan Monday as federal agents ramp up immigration arrests in Lake County.
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Family ‘unlawfully’ detained by ICE at Millennium Park now separated, court filing argues
Attorneys for the National Immigrant Justice Center have argued in court that federal agents working for ICE violated the law when they detained a family of four this past weekend at Millennium Park, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
'Law & Order: SVU' features ICE agents obstructing rape case by attempting to arrest witness
NBC’s long-running crime drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” featured immigration officers blocking the police from investigating a rape by trying to arrest an illegal immigrant witness. Thursday’s episode, “In the Wind,” followed a building superintendent named Jorge Ruiz, played by Juan Francisco Villa, who becomes a key witness in identifying a rape suspect. However, Ruiz’s illegal status complicates matters after he flees an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on his building because of his past as a convicted felon.