Sadly. The governor and Chicago’s mayor have gone out of their way to insist that people resist the lawful pursuit of enforcement of our immigration laws. This is on the governor and the mayor.

Hours after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents fatally shot a man in Franklin Park, U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia along with Franklin Park Mayor Barrett Pedersen, called for a full investigation at a news conference held in tandem with local officials and immigrant rights leaders.

Details have been sketchy, but yesterday morning in Franklin Park on Grand Avenue near Hawthorne an illegal attempted to run over an ICE agent with his car.

ICE agent was dragged by the illegal’s car.

ICE fired and struck the illegal.

An ICE officer was severely injured in Chicago this morning after being being hit & dragged by an illegal alien who resisted arrest during targeted traffic stop & tried to run over the ICE arrest team with his vehicle. ICE shot and killed the alien as a result.

It was told by a senior ICE source that the officer suffered lacerations and significant leg injuries but is expected to be okay.

ICE statement on who they were targeting:

“ICE officers conducted a vehicle stop to arrest Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. He refused to follow law enforcements commands and drove his car at law enforcement officers. One of the ICE officers was hit by the car and dragged a significant distance. Fearing for his own life, the officer fired his weapon.   
 
The target of the enforcement operation was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a criminal illegal alien with a history of reckless driving. He entered the country at an unknown date and time.”

According to family members who identified themselves as Silverio Villegas Gonzalez’ girlfriend and stepdaughter, Gonzalez was stopped in his car by ICE in Franklin Park this morning after dropping his two children, 6 and 3, off at school. Gonzalez fled in his vehicle and crashed into a truck on Grand Ave. Unclear at this point when the ICE shots were fired.

DHS statement to Fox News:

An ICE agent shot and killed a man in Franklin Park, Illinois, after authorities said he struck an officer with his car while trying to flee an arrest. A DHS official said the agent opened fire after the man resisted and injured the officer. CBS News @camiloreports has more. cbsn.ws/

CTU Responds to ICE Shooting in Franklin Park

Why would CTU make immediate release formal statement for something that didn’t happen in the City of Chicago or involve students or teachers?

Joint Statement from IFT President Dan Montgomery and West Suburban Teachers Union President Kyle Stern: Condemning ICE Agents’ Fatal Shooting of Franklin Park Resident
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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a man in Franklin Park, Illinois Friday morning after authorities say he attempted to drive into agents.

A Department of Homeland Security official first told CBS News the agent was trying to make an arrest, which the man resisted and tried to drive his vehicle into agents. The agent then opened fire.

ICE officials confirmed the fatal shooting, saying the incident began with “targeted law enforcement activity.”

ICE said both the agent and the suspect were taken to a local hospital for treatment, where the man died. ICE said the agent was dragged and suffered “severe injuries.” The agent is being treated at a local hospital where his condition has stabilized, ICE said.

Man fatally shot by ICE officer in Franklin Park is identified

Cindy Hernandez

09/13/2025

A man fatally shot by federal immigration agents on Friday in suburban Franklin Park has been identified. 

Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer after he allegedly attempted to flee a traffic stop and struck an officer with his car.

ICE agents were conducting “targeted law enforcement activity” in Franklin Park when they stopped the vehicle, according to a statement from the agency.

During the stop, Villegas-Gonzalez allegedly resisted arrest and attempted to drive his car into officers, dragging one officer, ICE officials said. Social media videos and eyewitnesses have only confirmed the aftermath of the incident. The Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ have not independently verified ICE’s account of the traffic stop.

The officer opened fire and shot Villegas-Gonzalez, according to ICE. He was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. 

Villegas-Gonzalez was identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office Saturday afternoon. An autopsy declared his death was by homicide.

The Department of Homeland Security said Saturday the injured ICE officer was released from the hospital. 

The Mexican consulate said Villegas-Gonzalez was from Michoacán, Mexico, and worked as a cook. Its officials contacted his family and were requesting more information from ICE about the circumstances of the shooting.

ADVERTISEMENTVillegas-Gonzalez’s girlfriend, Blanca Mora, told CBS News she believes ICE is lying about the incident and that she just wants the truth to come out.

U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez said at a news conference outside ICE’s processing facility in Broadview on Saturday morning that Villegas-Gonzalez had dropped off his child at school minutes before he was shot. 

Ramirez said she and other elected officials will demand an investigation into the shooting. 

“It is important for people to understand that, yes, we are living in times that perhaps feel unprecedented, but we have seen these attacks before. We will rise from these attacks,” Ramirez said.