Surveillance footage captured the scene in suburban Des Plaines as three men were detained by ICE Tuesday morning.
Attorney George Gomez tells NBC Chicago that one of the men who was detained has been in the U.S. for more than 30 years, but does not have current immigration status.
Gomez told NBC Chicago one of the men’s sons is a U.S. citizen and was released a short time after being detained while the trio was on their way to work Tuesday morning. A third man was also released after the incident.
According to NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen, a woman who asked not to be identified said it was her father and two brothers who were detained at the Mobil gas station near Ballard and Potter Roads Tuesday morning.
She said they were headed to a landscaping job, and were confronted by armed ICE offi