<p>The illegal immigrant shot and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-shot-and-killed-after-wounding-ice-agent-in-chicago">killed</a> by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Chicago last week was previously given a second chance of staying in the United States by the Biden administration, which granted him a deportation waiver despite a past arrest, federal law enforcement sources told The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>The Biden administration granted Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez reprieve despite his 2013 arrest by the Chicago Police Department for reckless driving, assault, speeding, and lacking a license and insurance, the sources said.</p>
<p>Villegas-Gonzalez struck the ICE agent with his vehicle on Friday while the feds were conducting an operation at Franklin Park.</p>
<div id="attachment_971817" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-971817" class="wp-image-971817 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/GettyImages-2195569366.jpg" alt="US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, along with other federal law enforcement agencies, attend a pre-enforcement meeting in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. President Donald Trump has pledged to carry out the largest deportation effort in US history, vowing to ultimately deport all of the foreigners living in the country without permission." width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/GettyImages-2195569366.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/GettyImages-2195569366-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/GettyImages-2195569366-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/GettyImages-2195569366-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-971817" class="wp-caption-text">Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images</p></div>
<p>The suspect was asked to stop his vehicle, but continued driving, hitting the agent and “subsequently dragging him as he fled the scene,” an ICE spokesman <a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/person-shot-after-ice-agent-apparently-dragged-by-vehicle-in-franklin-park-sources-say/3823259/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC 5 Chicago.</p>
<p>“Fearing for his life,” the agent shot the driver.</p>
<p>The ICE agent sustained severe injuries, but remained in stable condition after being dragged “a significant distance,” said Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.</p>
<p>Former assistant ICE chief for New York Scott Mechkowski told The Daily Wire that Villegas-Gonzalez should’ve been deported more than a decade ago.</p>
<p>“The ICE agent&#8217;s split second decision to shoot saved his own life and possibly other lives when Villegas-Gonzalez floored it, dragging him. It was pure self-defense against a man who&#8217;d been shielded for years by Chicago&#8217;s insane sanctuary policies letting a 2013 assault suspect roam free,” said Mechkowski.</p>
<p>“Sanctuary cities don&#8217;t protect innocent people, they shield killers in waiting, and when enforcement finally fights back like our agents did, it’s the only thing standing between us and blood on the streets. He should have been removed in 2013,” Mechkowski added.</p>
<div id="attachment_830277" style="width: 2570px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-830277" class="wp-image-830277 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/11/J.B.-Prtitzker-scaled.jpg" alt="J.B. Pritzker" width="2560" height="1737" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/11/J.B.-Prtitzker-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/11/J.B.-Prtitzker-300x204.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/11/J.B.-Prtitzker-849x576.jpg 849w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/11/J.B.-Prtitzker-768x521.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/11/J.B.-Prtitzker-1536x1042.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/11/J.B.-Prtitzker-2048x1390.jpg 2048w" sizes=" (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /><p id="caption-attachment-830277" class="wp-caption-text">John Nacion/WireImage via Getty Images</p></div>
<p>The agent and suspect were taken to a hospital before Villegas-Gonzalez was pronounced dead.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-storm-hits-chicago-trump-launches-operation-midway-blitz">commenced</a> “Operation Midway Blitz” last week, flooding the Windy City with feds to “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.”</p>
<div id="attachment_969795" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-969795" class="size-medium wp-image-969795" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/GettyImages-2229323913-300x214.jpg" alt="Los Angeles, CA - August 14: Gregory Bovino, Chief Patrol Agent of the El Centro Sector and Commander-Operation At Large CA (center), marches with federal agents to the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building after US Border Patrol agents produced a show of force outside the Japanese American National Museum where Gov. Newsom was holding a redistricting press conference on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA." width="300" height="214" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/GettyImages-2229323913-300x214.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/GettyImages-2229323913-807x576.jpg 807w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/GettyImages-2229323913-768x548.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/GettyImages-2229323913.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p id="caption-attachment-969795" class="wp-caption-text">Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images</p></div>
<p>Anti-ICE activists have flocked to the streets of Chicago in response to the effort. Federal agents forcibly removed some of the protesters who staged a recent sit-in at an ICE facility on Friday, ABC 7 Chicago <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-operation-midway-blitz-protesters-gather-outside-broadview-facility-amid-trumps-chicago-immigration-crackdown/17799687/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Trump has also vowed to send in the National Guard to support ICE’s efforts in Chicago, drawing backlash from Democratic leaders in the sanctuary city.</p>
<p>The president and Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker have sparred since the effort began.</p>
<p class="text | text-start article-text">“It’s disturbing that the President is hellbent on sending troops onto America’s streets. Using those who serve in uniform as political props is insulting. None of this is normal,” <a href="https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/1966495212437397801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pritzker</a> wrote on X Friday.</p>

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