A West Facet alderperson was briefly detained Friday by federal immigration authorities at a Humboldt Park hospital after she questioned if the officers had a judicial warrant for arresting a person they have been holding on the facility.
Video exhibits Ald. Jessie Fuentes (twenty sixth) asking two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers if they’ve a signed judicial warrant for a 37-year-old man they detained earlier and was holding at Humboldt Park Well being as a result of the person broke his leg whereas being chased by ICE officers.
One officer is seen forcefully grabbing Fuentes’ arms and putting them behind her again earlier than handcuffing her.
“We don’t want a warrant,” each officers say within the video as they maintain Fuentes, who repeatedly asks them if they’ve a signed warrant.
The officers escorted Fuentes out of the hospital and have been prepared to put her right into a U.S. Customs and Border Safety car, she stated.
She then requested the officers, “What did I do mistaken? Outdoors of asking you when you’ve got a signed judicial warrant, I would like you to articulate to me what legislation did I break?” at which level they eliminated {the handcuffs} from Fuentes and let her go, she stated later Friday throughout a information convention exterior Humboldt Park Well being.
Video shared w/ @Suntimes exhibits ICE brokers handcuff Ald. Jessie Fuentes at a Humboldt Park hospital Friday. She requested if they’d a warrant for a person detained who was inured throughout a chase. She was launched after asking, “What legislation did I break?” she stated. (Video by Fuentes’ workers) pic.twitter.com/YoDJk8reSq
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ICE officers didn’t reply to requests for remark.
The incident unfolded late morning when Fuentes obtained a name from Humboldt Park Well being saying ICE officers have been within the emergency room, prompting Fuentes, her workers and different fast responders to go to the hospital.
ICE officers had chased the person at an unknown location late morning, throughout which the person broke his leg and was detained. The officers then took him to the hospital, the place he was anticipated to bear surgical procedure, Fuentes stated.
The person who was detained has obtained authorized illustration, however ICE brokers who remained contained in the hospital Friday afternoon have been “aggressive” with the legal professionals who arrived on the hospital and have been “not letting the legal professionals converse” to the person, Fuentes stated.
Humboldt Park Well being CEO Jose Sanchez stated through the information convention that the hospital doesn’t help legislation enforcement arresting folks “no matter what standing they’ve on this nation” on the hospital’s premises.
“We’re a healthcare group that gives care to individuals who want medical care,” Sanchez stated. “…We have to proceed to offer the care that they want.”
