Feds acting like ‘white supremist organization': Chicago official
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() A Chicago alderperson who was handcuffed by federal immigration authorities while inquiring about a man who was injured during a foot chase with agents says the experience demonstrates how the Trump administration is sowing fear and chaos across the city.

Ald. Jessie Fuentes said she was asking feds at the hospital Friday if they had a signed warrant for the undocumented individual they were after. Agents spun her around and handcuffed her, according to video posted to the Citizen App. She was quickly released, Fuentes said, but was warned not to try to re-enter the hospital.

“In the hospital, there are patients, there are staff that did not feel safe, and they called me to find out why ICE was in the hospital,” said Fuentes, referring to officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Now, as the alderperson of the 26th Ward, I have a moral obligation to protect the residents that live in my ward.”

Fuentes said her brush with ICE is just one example of how the feds under the Trump administration are riding roughshod over people since the Department of Homeland Security sent a surge of resources to Chicago to enforce immigration laws. She argues relatively few migrants caught up in the dragnet have criminal records, and even U.S. citizens are being swept up because of their appearance.

“There are U.S. citizens who are contractors, laborers, in the city of Chicago that are being detained because they’re Brown and they speak Spanish,” Fuentes told “ Prime” on Saturday. “This is not about making our community safe. This is a white supremist organization that’s seeking to terrorize Black and Brown people in the city of Chicago.”

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