More than a dozen people were taken into custody by federal immigration agents Monday in raids near a west suburban police station and a Chicago courthouse, according to a state lawmaker and court officials.

State Sen. Karina Villa, D-West Chicago, said her office received reports that immigration agents would be out across DuPage County early in the morning, and she spotted about nine agents in the West Chicago Police Department parking lot.

They left after Villa confronted them, but she followed their unmarked vehicle until they met up with another set of agents staged in a residential area, according to Villa.

Unconfirmed reports compiled by community activists and Villa suggested as many as 16 people were taken into custody, including a minor, in separate raids across the majority-L

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