Illegal immigrant arrested after dragging, striking ICE officer in Chicago suburb: DHS
ICE SAYS OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO TRIED TO RAM HIM WITH CAR IN HOUSTON Garnica-Naranjo then drove over a raised center median planted with trees, causing the officer to be thrown from the vehicle, according to authorities.
Key points
- This is just the latest example of the staggering rise in anti-ICE violence, with our officers facing a more than 1,600% increase in assaults against them." VENEZUELAN NATIONAL SHOT BY ICE OFFICER IN AUSTIN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING FEDERAL OFFICER ICE officers spotted Garnica-Naranjo leaving a home in Chicago Heights on Tuesday morning.
- "This illegal alien used his vehicle to assault one of our ICE officers, hospitalizing the officer," Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer with his car while fleeing an arrest attempt outside Chicago, federal officials said.
"When officers attempted to remove him from the vehicle, Garnica accelerated and fled while an ERO Chicago officer was partially inside the vehicle through the driver-side window," DHS said in a statement.
Additional details
- "DHS is calling on Governor Pritzker and all other sanctuary politicians to knock off this violent rhetoric and start cooperating with ICE before any more officers are injured in the line of duty.".
- Mullin blamed violence against immigration officers on rhetoric from Democratic elected officials who have accused ICE of terrorizing neighborhoods during law enforcement operations.
- Jose Garnica-Naranjo, 32, a Mexican citizen, was taken into custody a day after violently resisting a targeted immigration enforcement operation, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
- ICE noted that Garnica-Naranjo's criminal record includes prior convictions for domestic violence and assault.
- As Garnica-Naranjo fled, his car struck the injured officer, who was subsequently taken to a local hospital.
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