U.S. citizen son, 15, released after Gary immigration raid
Newly released, a Gary teen is slowly getting back to daily life after his family was upended in an immigration raid last month.
Being home was “wonderful,” Eli Carrillo, a U.S. citizen, now 15, said Tuesday night. “I would have felt more at peace there had I known mom and dad were safely at home.”
On Tuesday night, he and his siblings ate spaghetti and went to church.
He spent about two weeks at the Lake County Juvenile Detention Center after he was swept up in an immigration raid on Oct. 23 on their Gary home targeting his father, Rosario Carrillo Lopez.
Eli was released Friday, his family said. He turned 15 on Monday.
After Carrillo Lopez took Eli to school on Oct. 13 at Gary Lighthouse Charter School, immigration agents attempted to arrest the father on the way back. The family is disputing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement allegation that the man hit a government vehicle trying to escape.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/u-s-citizen-son-15-released-after-gary-immigration-raid/
ICE, of course, claims the father tried to hit their vehicle with his car (it was apparently vice versa) and that the 5'1 mother "assaulted" a federal agent, who was wearing body armor and armed with a gun. How ridiculuous can you get?