Illegal Immigrant Shot And Killed After Wounding ICE Agent In Chicago

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer was injured in Chicago on Friday after an illegal immigrant struck him with a vehicle. The suspect was killed in the incident.

A team of ICE agents was conducting “targeted law enforcement activity” at Franklin Park when a suspect was asked to stop his vehicle, but continued to drive, hitting an agent and “subsequently dragging him as he fled the scene,” an ICE spokesman told NBC 5 Chicago.

The agent, “fearing for his life,” shot the driver. The agent and suspect were taken to a hospital, where the Department of Homeland Security later identified the victim as Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, who was pronounced dead. The DHS said that Villegas-Gonzalez was an illegal immigrant.

The ICE agent suffered severe injuries but remained in stable condition. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the agent was dragged “a significant distance” after being struck by the illegal immigrant’s vehicle.

“We are praying for the speedy recovery of our law enforcement officer. He followed his training, used appropriate force, and properly enforced the law to protect the public and law enforcement,” said McLaughlin, according to NBC 5.

DHS also called out activists who tell suspected illegal immigrants to resist federal law enforcement.

“Viral social media videos and activists encouraging illegal aliens to resist law enforcement not only spread misinformation, but also undermine public safety, the safety of our officers and those being apprehended,” DHS said.

President Donald Trump launched “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago earlier this week, vowing 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.” This week, people have gathered in Chicago to protest Trump’s immigration enforcement in the city, and federal agents had to forcibly remove some protesters on Friday who had staged a sit-in at an ICE processing center, ABC 7 Chicago reported.

Trump also threatened to deploy the National Guard to back up federal authorities during immigration operations and to crack down on violent crime. Last weekend, Trump posted an AI-generated meme on social media, showing Chicago in flames while military helicopters flew overhead. The meme was captioned, “I love the smell of deportations in the morning… Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.”

Asked about the meme and whether he was advocating for going to war in Chicago, Trump shot back, “We’re not going to war. We’re going to clean up our cities. We’re going to clean them up so they don’t kill five people every weekend. That’s not war, that’s common sense.”

Democrats in Chicago and around the country have decried Trump’s effort to ramp up immigration enforcement in the Windy City and his threat to send in the National Guard, with Pritzker calling Trump a “wannabe dictator.”