Immigration and Customs Enforcement accused Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) of “deliberately misrepresenting the facts” surrounding a recent arrest in Chicago, Illinois.
Quigley shared a video on Wednesday of ICE arresting a woman at the entryway of Rayito del Sol Daycare. Two officers brought her outside the doors to handcuff her.
“ICE isn’t going after the worst of the worst,” Quigley captioned the video on X. “This morning, they took a preschool teacher without a warrant IN FRONT OF CHILDREN in my district.”
The Department of Homeland Security responded to the X post on Wednesday to offer “the real story.”
“Congressman, you are deliberately misrepresenting the facts. ICE law enforcement did NOT target a daycare and were only at this location because the female illegal alien fled inside,” DHS wrote.
According to DHS, ICE officers knew the unnamed illegal immigrant from Colombia had a car registered under her name and targeted the car for a traffic stop.
“Officers attempted to pull over this vehicle, which was registered to a female illegal alien, with sirens and emergency lights, but the male driver refused to pull the vehicle over,” DHS wrote. “Law enforcement pursued the vehicle before the assailant sped into a shopping plaza where he and the female passenger fled the vehicle. They ran into a daycare and attempted to barricade themselves inside the daycare—recklessly endangering the children inside.”
It’s unknown whether the man driving the vehicle was arrested, but DHS promised to provide an update.
The Washington Post reported on the video, prompting a pointed response from DHS on X.
“How do you people sleep at night after lying all day to the American people like this?” DHS responded to the outlet.
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This arrest comes after Quigley and other lawmakers issued warnings on social media about known ICE presences. As ICE has increasingly come under the spotlight, some officers have opted to wear masks on the job, such as the one in the video from Chicago.
So far, DHS has deported over 527,000 people since President Donald Trump took office. Another 1.6 million chose to voluntarily leave the United States.
