>> Immigrant advocates, immigrant advocates and local officials are calling out federal immigration agents today following a face-off yesterday in the South Loop ICE agents reportedly detained at least 10 people yesterday after they were told to check into a monitoring program administered by the agency.

Tensions escalated as ICE agents were seen pushing back some of the immigrant advocates who gathered to protest the actions with an alderperson saying he was thrown to the ground.

The incident has sent shockwaves shockwaves through immigrant communities.

As advocates say the people arrested were following the rule of law.

Joining us now are Cynthia Fernandez, a lawyer representing a woman who was detained yesterday and if any to 30th Ward Alderman, thanks to both for joining us.

Big So other kids out and several other.

All the people you there to resist the arrest.

Tell us what happened once you got So when we arrived on scene, we saw a number of community members who are.

>> Family members or residents are neighbors of the people who have been detained were trying to find out what was going on.

>> When we arrived, we also saw Chicago police officers on the scene, which is a little concerning because we knew that this was an ice operation.

But there was federal agents.

Hsi was on scene and we were wondering why Chicago police officers were there when we have sanctuary laws.

When we have the trust act to wanted to ascertain if there was any sort of collaboration happening.

So myself Alderwoman resign.

Rodriguez Aldrin, Byron Lopez start to ask officers on scene including the commander of the first district.

What they were doing there.

They came tell us that there was a distress call that someone made a call to the office of Emergency Management saying that there was police in distress.

We didn't see anybody in distress.

No police officers were in distress.

The people who are in distress where the children there who are trying to find out what happened to their parents.

You also said that you are assaulted by an ice agent.

What happened?

So at one point after the Chicago Police Department left the area, ice was trying to bring in vans into the building's parking lot.

That is when myself Alderwoman honored by drug as and Cook County Commissioner Jessica Vasquez engage in nonviolent civil disobedience practicing our First Amendment rights to stand there and to solidarity and compassion and love for our residents and constituents who are being detained short drive away, correct.

And shortly after ICE agents then got out of vehicles about over 3 dozen of them.

They cleared out the street that cleared up the sidewalk armed asked fully mask and then aggressively made their way into the driveway that which we were standing in ICE officer, HSI agent grabbed me and threw me to the ground fell into a puddle got wet.

And then as they continue to make their way into the building, there are multiple altercations in which they were using their batons to push community members face, you put punch me kind of like in area.

And then when they started to bring out the detained individuals, which is one of the most horrifying scenes I've ever experienced my life.

I'm completely distraught.

Still to see community residents, mothers, people in in handcuffs being taken into vans, crying with their family members and their and their neighbors on the sidelines crying as well.

It it was it was a very disturbing Cynthia Fernandez, what did you experience yesterday at the scene?

So it was just as he mentioned, that was very scary.

Everybody was masked was a lot guns.

One had like a sniper rifle.

>> I was there at 10:00AM with my client.

She had received a text message and said she needed to come in.

She's been here for 10 years, had an active.

>> Valid work permits.

So she had no reason to fear.

But I did tell her that we were scared.

She would be detained.

And as our attorney I went there and I assume that was going to be able to talk to the ice to turn ice officer and speak about the case.

Any questions they had.

However, I was not allowed in the iOS employee told me that the ice officer was in the building.

>> But he would not be speaking to me and he would not receive any documents from me.

I was there until about 2.45 when they told me that she was going to be detained and that they were not going to speak to me.

I was there until 6 and I was unable to speak with my client or any ice officer as to why she was detained.

>> What's the next step for her?

What what?

What recourse you have now?

>> Legally, we can file a state that is her right as being here for 10 years to U.S. citizen children and a legal permanent resident child.

However, I was not allowed to file it yesterday.

And when I went to the building today, they told me to come back tomorrow at 08:00AM even though it was 02:45PM and the offices open until 4.30 I asked if I could speak with someone and there was another reason as to why this couldn't be submitted.

They said to come back at 08:00AM.

So I did speak with the ICE office said today that has or detain and said that he would be deported as soon as possible.

I informed her at him that I'm trying to file a stay.

He said, however, it seems that it's very likely she will be deported as soon as possible.

So then you have been able to speak with her either.

I was able to speak with her on speakerphone while the ice officer was with Ok?

So that probably not allowed to say I'm not able to speak with her as an attorney, Andrea Lyon privilege.

I have not been able to and they were not able to tell me where she would be sent as of today.

She still is not in the system.

So I know she's detained because I was there.

But if we look it up in the system, she doesn't come out being does not exist.

Okay.

>> the City Council Latino Caucus said in a statement, quote, We stand united in calling for a full investigation into the conduct of ICE agents involved in this operation.

And for the immediate release of all individuals detained under these unlawful circumstances, the immigrant and Refugee Rights Committee will convene a hearing to examine the extent of ISIS misconduct and to determine whether the Chicago Police Department played any role in today's actions.

And I do want to mention the statement that's been reported from the CPD that says, quote, All actions taken by CPD during this incident was in accordance with CPD policy and the City of Chicago Municipal Code.

No arrests were made by CPD in the crowd dispersed without incident.

is out of what happens next.

How are local leaders responding to grateful that they issued a statement?

I had the opportunity to speak with superintendents knowing last night.

>> But as I told the superintendent, the people that he needs to answer to and the Chicago Police Department answer to is the people of Chicago.

There are laws in place local at the state level and we need to have a full investigation and hearing as to the policies and protocols that were being practice.

I want to know who made that call who was in distress?

Why?

And when police officers were there, why were they in the building while active operation taking place?

So I'm not saying that there is, you know, any fall activity, but we need to have answers because the perception from the community and the community residents that were there from the advocates was that there was collaboration.

We need to instill confidence and trust between the Chicago Police Department between our communities and between are undocumented and immigrant population so I look forward to the full collaboration, cooperation of the Chicago Police Department as we at ask these questions and what happened.

what >> Hearings, investigation, are place.

I would love to see body cam footage.

I'd love to hear the audio from that Williams.

He call.

>> We need to gather all the data so that we have have a good understanding of what transpired and if there need to be any reforms to any of the policies and protocols that were enacted that day.

And also, you have to think about those a lot of public resources that HSI, you know, incurred to the people.

Chicago are going to send them an invoice.

Are they going to pay for the police officers that were dispatched or from the vehicles and the gasoline that was used?

I don't know.

But we're going to find out, Cynthia, you know, it looks like things with your clients, deportation move really quickly after being taken into custody.

>> some advocates are saying that this was a form of entrapment.

>> She received the message from the iOS app Agency where she right?

It said please come in.

We want to speak with the issue responded as to when she said next day and they said why didn't respond?

She said what address?

Because we still didn't know where to go.

And they said, well, the officer has to speak with you.

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Tell us what to that the enforcement removal officer.

So the question is why was she sent to the ice at office?

I believe that was a run around in order to make sure that the attorney couldn't come in with him.

Right.

And so I think that's one of the ways that they were trying to make sure that we weren't able to come in and speak with them and explain the situation.

Like I said, she's been here for 10 years.

She has done everything they asked and many of the people that were there without attorneys had no idea they were going to be detained that So a lot of them actually spoke to my client and had her call me and give me their information because no one was there to pick up their children.

And so text messages that said I've been detained.

Please let this person know.

They have to go get my children.

So a lot of unanswered questions.

More to come.

>> I'm sure health that will