U.S. citizen injured after ICE agents mistake him for fugitive in Illinois
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A U.S. citizen was injured Sunday in Evanston, Illinois, after federal immigration agents mistook him for a fugitive and attempted to arrest him, according to local police and multiple news reports.
The encounter occurred near Howard Street and Dodge Avenue in the Chicago suburb. Evanston police said the man was detained in a case of mistaken identity and was left injured on the ground. ABC News described him as bloodied following the encounter. Local police are investigating the incident.
Bystander Ryan Garton told The Associated Press that he saw two federal immigration agents pinning the man, who is Black, beside the road as Garton drove home. According to The Guardian’s account of his statement, Garton alleged that the agents beat and badly injured the man, then walked away after realizing they had detained the wrong person. The man appeared dazed and was bleeding, Garton said.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed to The Hill that ICE officers encountered a man during an operation in Evanston. Reports identified the injured man as a U.S. citizen and said agents had been seeking someone else.
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