National Guard siblings escort mother to ICE facility, where Reps. Krishnamoorthi, Jackson are ejected
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/06/17/krishnamoorthi-jackson-south-loop-ice-facility
National Guard siblings escort mother to ICE facility, where Reps. Krishnamoorthi, Jackson are ejected
The Reyes brothers, both members of the Illinois National Guard, came to the facility as U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Jonathan Jackson tried to tour the building at 2245 S. Michigan Ave., where those detained on June 4 were sent text messages summoning them for routine immigration appointments.
Jun 17, 2025
Wearing their Illinois National Guard uniforms, Axel and Andres Reyes arrived with their mother at a South Loop immigration office on Tuesday morning.
The men, 19 and 24, watched their mother, who was born in Mexico and has been in the U.S. for more than 24 years, enter the office where at least 10 people were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement just two weeks ago in what federal agents called “executable final orders of removal.”
And the brothers waited.
“We fear her being detained and us not being there,” Andres Reyes said of his mother, who is seeking citizenship and is in the country on a work permit. “We can’t really do anything about it or get involved in that, but we just always want to be with her.”
Ultimately, their mother was not detained. The ….
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Another report
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/national-guard-members-accompany-mom-to-chicago-immigration-appointment/ar-AA1GUVYs
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