ICE officers in Illinois targeted by illegal immigrants who used 'vehicles as weapons,' officials say
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Two illegal immigrants were arrested in Illinois for allegedly weaponizing their vehicles in “deliberate attempts to ram and injure” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced. 

The reported assaults in Norridge and Bensenville come as anti-ICE sentiment is surging in the Chicago metro area, with protests centered around an ICE facility in the suburb of Broadview. 

“Thankfully none of our law enforcement was killed because of these deranged criminals’ attacks on law enforcement. This is exactly what happens when [Illinois] Governor Pritzker, [Chicago] Mayor Johnson, and other sanctuary politicians demonize ICE and encourage illegal aliens to resist law enforcement,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. 

“Our ICE law enforcement is facing a more than 1000% increase in assaults — including cars — being used as weapons against them,” she added. “Secretary [Kristi] Noem has been clear: anyone who assaults law enforcement will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” 

Authorities and anti-ICE protesters in Broadview, Illinois

Federal law enforcement agents break up protesters outside an immigrant processing center with a barrage of tear gas and pepper balls on Sept. 27, 2025 in Broadview, Illinois.  (Getty Images)

Lopez-Funes also entered the U.S. at an unknown date and location, without inspection by an immigration official, DHS said. 

“Both criminals will remain in custody pending removal proceedings, and the Administration is pursuing criminal charges for assaulting law enforcement,” the department added. 

Federal law enforcement confronts anti-ICE protesters in Broadview, Illinois

Federal law enforcement confronts anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (Fox News)

ICE launched Operation Midway Blitz earlier this month, describing the operation as one that, “will target the criminal illegal aliens who flocked to Chicago and Illinois because they knew Governor Pritzker and his sanctuary policies would protect them and allow them to roam free on American streets.”

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