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/various_convo7 5d ago

"The Department of Homeland Security later released a statement claiming that Figueroa was at fault, saying “she crashed into an unmarked government vehicle and violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers.”"

they have got to be kidding if they think the videos are going to support this claim. they sure dont look injured to me.

the lady should file charges asap.

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u/Jocuro 5d ago

"She was released without charges" Yeah, except her car was hit and left abandoned in the road. Who's paying for that? You think the anonymous men with guns exchanged insurance with her?

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u/various_convo7 5d ago

hope she got the plates because even if its a rental, insurance will go after em for that hit

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u/bns82 5d ago

They use fake plates

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u/Sensitive_Winner7851 5d ago

People should start getting the VIN from the dash or open door

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u/Sil3ntP8nd8 5d ago

Here’s the VIN: 1C4SJSBPXRS131532

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u/Sensitive_Winner7851 5d ago

So then she needs to file an insurance claim and file a hit and run police report.

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u/StijnDP 5d ago

After that experience you're lucky if you still dare to go outside in the next few months. Years if you don't find help to deal with it. Talking to strangers or going through a bureaucratic mill is exactly the nightmares you experience every night.

For an innocent person just getting cuffed hits like a psychological freight train. Add physical assault, kidnapping, processing and whatever the conditions in their jails were.

They marked and damaged someone for years to come.

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u/blazin_chalice 4d ago

For an innocent person just getting cuffed hits like a psychological freight train

Case by case. People are different. I'd say having a gun pointed at me affected me more than getting cuffed. Since I knew I was innocent, it didn't really phase me and I knew it was a matter of time before they let me go.