A WOMAN has been shot by US Border Patrol agents in Chicago as anti-ICE protests escalate and tensions rise.
The Department of Homeland Security said that ‘defensive shots’ were fired on Saturday morning in Brighton Park after agents were “rammed by 10 cars” and “boxed in”.
Federal law enforcement agents arrive in Illinois on an armored tactical vehicle as hundreds of anti-ICE protesters gather[/caption]
Tensions continue to escalate with protests scheduled at ICE facilities across the country[/caption]
Spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said patrolling agents opened fire when they found a woman driving one of the vehicles was “armed with a semi-automatic weapon”.
She was taken to hospital for treatment in a fair condition, the Chicago Fire Department said.
No members of law enforcement were harmed in the incident.
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