Crime & Safety
Man Taken By ICE In Lake Co. Arrested For DUI 20 Years Ago: Family
Andres Marquina, who came to the U.S. from Mexico more than 30 years ago, was arrested Sunday, his daughter told a local media outlet.
LAKE COUNTY, IL — A Waukegan father and grandfather who came to the United States from Mexico more than 30 years ago — and who was charged with a DUI more than 20 years ago — was arrested by ICE over the weekend.
His daughter, Yenitza, told the Lake County News-Sun Andres Marquina obtained a green cardafter coming to the U.S., worked in a warehouse and raised a family in the U.S. He was working with an attorney to get the driving while under the influence charge expunged from his record.
ICE officers came to his house on Sunday and took him into custody as part of President Donald Trump's deportation crackdown, according to the article. ICE officers also arrested a man in Round Lake.
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Other reports of ICE activity popping up on social media over the weekend have not been confirmed, including reports that ICE officers visited a neighborhood in Mundelein.
Meanwhile, dozens of people were arrested over the weekend in "enhanced targeted" immigration enforcement raids in Chicago, according to reports.
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Trump border czar Tom Homan told NBC on Sunday that the Chicago-area arrests included several people convicted of serious crimes including murder and sex offenses, but said people without criminal convictions who were present during the raids would also be detained.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Sunday on CNN’s "State of the Union" that he supported the deportation of violent criminals with convictions.
“If that’s who they’re picking up, we’re all for it,” the governor said, before advocating for a path to citizenship for immigrants who are law-abiding longtime residents with jobs and families in the area. But Pritzker said local authorities would not coordinate with federal officials on the arrest of people if they don’t have a warrant.
“We’re going to follow the law in Illinois and federal law too,” he said. "We expect them to do the same. I’m very afraid that they will not follow the law."
Pritzker previously said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Chicago could target around 2,000 people.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson in a statement on social media acknowledged "confirmed reports of ICE enforcement activity in Chicago."
"Per City code, Chicago police were not involved in this immigration enforcement activity," he said, directing residents to the Know Your Rights resource guide at chicago.gov. "My team and I are in close communication with City officials including the CPD."
ICE said it conducted the operations with the FBI; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Drug Enforcement Administration; U.S. Customs and Border Patrol; and U.S. Marshals Service.
The operations were intended “to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities,” ICE said in a statement posted on social media, referring to the operation as "Operation Safeguard."
Among those present in Chicago for the operations were Homan and Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.
"We will support everyone at the federal, state, and local levels who joins this critical mission to take back our communities," Bove said in a statement. "We will use all available tools to address obstruction and other unlawful impediments to our efforts to protect the homeland. Most importantly, we will not rest until the work is done.”
Top officials under President Donald Trump vowed to start immigration enforcement operations in Chicago the day after Trump's inauguration before walking back those statements.
Last week, Bove issued a memo ordering federal prosecutors to investigate state or local officials who they believe are interfering with the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, in an apparent warning to the dozens of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions across America.
Chicago has some of the strongest sanctuary protections, which bar cooperation between city police and immigration agents.
Immigrant rights groups have tried to prepare for the aggressive crackdown with campaigns for immigrants to know their rights in case of an arrest. City officials have done the same, publishing similar information at public bus and train stations.
On Saturday, several Chicago-based immigrant rights groups filed a lawsuit against ICE, seeking an injunction prohibiting certain types of immigration raids in Chicago.
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