NORTH PARK — Federal immigration agents detained and then released two people Tuesday outside a homeless shelter in Budlong Woods, according to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
About 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up at the family shelter at 3034 W. Foster Ave., said Andre Gordillo, director of the family support network for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
Shelter staff did not let the ICE agents in, but two residents were detained outside the shelter. Gordillo said shelter staff confirmed the residents were later released, though he did not know how long they were held or where they were taken…