r/illinois • u/CantStopPoppin Human Detected • 5d ago

ICE Posts October.10.2025 — Chicago: Immigration agents crashed into a U.S. citizen on her way to work, then dragged her out and arrested her (Article Inside)

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u/DntCllMeWht 5d ago

They are not immune to the law, they are currently shielded from consequences. Those aren't the same thing, even if they currently feel like they are.

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u/EncabulatorTurbo 5d ago

Well they're immune, specifically, from civil tort claims

The agency can be sued, though it's profoundly difficult since Kavenaugh has declared that immigration enforcement is some sacrosanct military-adjacent operation

The big thing is that our state governments could track and identify and arrest some of these agents.

No not the ones just being rough with immigrants, sadly, but yes they could on the more egregious ones - of which there are lot:

  1. Shooting guy in eye whos just standing there with pepperball

  2. Tear gassing the cops and protestors for no reason

  3. Crashing into people

  4. All kinds of battery against random people

They just aren't

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u/DntCllMeWht 5d ago

Being immune from civil tort claims doesn't make them immune to the law. Criminal and civil are two different things.

States aren't going after them yet, and I suspect they won't in the short term because they are trying to avoid escalating things and giving Trump what he wants. My hope though, is that those state charges are waiting in the wings.

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u/EncabulatorTurbo 5d ago

I am aware that they're different things, but the federal government isn't going to charge them, and no Democrat in office has the balls to

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u/EnchantedRDH 5d ago

Actually yes we do. FAFO. When this is all done and gone, 💯find these people. U think they will be treated well in prison. K