Video shows federal agents detain man in Chicago suburb

The Brief

  • New video shows a man being pulled from a vehicle and detained Monday morning in Elgin during a reported ICE operation.
  • Volunteers from the Elgin Area Rapid Response Team say federal agents were driving unmarked vehicles and wearing plainclothes with tactical vests.
  • No statement has been released yet by federal immigration authorities.

ELGIN, Ill. A video captured Monday morning shows federal agents pulling a man from a vehicle and detaining him in Chicago’s northwest suburbs.

What we know:

According to the Elgin Area Rapid Response Team, a volunteer network that tracks immigration enforcement activity, multiple unmarked vehicles and plainclothes federal agents were seen around 6:50 a.m. near the old Elgin Mall and Elgin Fresh Market on McLean Boulevard.

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