CHICAGO - A WGN employee who was detained by federal agents last week on Chicago's North Side is pushing back against claims made by U.S. Border Patrol officials.

What we know:

People's Law Office, which is representing Debbie Brockman, released a statement Tuesday saying their client was attacked and falsely accused of assaulting officers on her way to work last Friday.

Brockman, a U.S. citizen, said she was walking to the Foster Avenue bus stop for her morning commute to work when she was attacked by Border Patrol agents.

People began recording the incident and Brockman told them her name and mentioned her employer because she hoped someone witnessing the encounter would notify her workplace that she would not be arriving on time.

"She was not acting in any professional capacity

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