A Skokie resident told the Village Board at its Tuesday meeting that while driving in neighboring Evanston, she was intimidated and threatened with arrest by two U.S. Border Patrol agents when she stopped her car to film their actions on her phone.

Kimberly Polka, who has been civically active in Skokie in advocating for voter representation and affordable housing, told the Board during the public comment portion of its meeting Oct. 21 that while she visited a pet store in the 2200 block of Oakton Street in Evanston, she observed individuals she thought were federal immigration officers parked near the Home Depot store.

In a prepared statement to Pioneer Press, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote that U.S. Border Patrol arrested four people fr

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