Federal immigration agents accuse women of battery, Bolingbrook police say

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 who 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, including Beaconridge Drive — which is near the 100 block of Williamsburg Lane — and on Schmidt Road and Remington Boulevard, with at least two people from the community being detained.

The Trump administration has cracked down on immigration in the Chicago area with its “Operation Midway Blitz” since early September, during which 1,500 arrests have been made in the city and its suburbs, the Department of Homeland Security has reported.

The agency could not be immediately reached for comment Sunday.

Earlier this month, Bolingbrook Mayor Mary Alexander-Basta said in a statement shared to social media, “Whether someone supports or opposes ICE, it’s important to understand that the Village must operate within the limits of the law — we cannot interfere with federal actions, nor can we participate in them.”