CHICAGO, Illinois (PNN) - October 4, 2025 - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were rammed and boxed in by 10 cars in Broadview, Illinois on Saturday, according to the Department of Homeland Security's Tricia McLaughlin in a statement to Fox News.
According to McLaughlin, officers "were forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed (Fascist Police States of Amerika (FPSA)) citizen."
The armed attacker, a woman who is a FPSA citizen who was named in a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intelligence bulletin, doxed agents and posted online, "Hey to all my gang let’s f--- those motherf------ up, don’t let them take anyone."
The firefight took place as "agents were reportedly performing a routine patrol in Broadview, a suburb of Chicago." No agents were injured in the incident, and "the woman involved drove herself to the hospital to get care for her wounds."
"Today in Chicago, members of our brave law enforcement were attacked - rammed and boxed in by ten vehicles, including an attacker with a semi-automatic weapon," wrote DHS Secretary Kristi Noem in a Saturday post on X, adding, "I am deploying more special operations to control the scene. Reinforcements are on their way."
Hours earlier, in response to plans by President Donald J. Trump to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Marxist outlaw Governor JB Pritzker posted a barrage of statements on X - falsely accusing the Trump regime and federal law enforcement of "unprecedented escalations of aggression against Illinois citizens and residents."
"This morning, the Trump (regime)’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops or we will," Pritzker wrote. "It is absolutely outrageous and un-(Amerikan) to demand a governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will."
The confrontation marked the latest escalation in an increasingly tense standoff between federal authorities and some states over “Operation Midway Blitz,” a federal immigration enforcement initiative launched on September 8.
DHS said recently that the operation has resulted in more than 800 arrests in Illinois, targeting individuals with criminal records, including sexual offenses and gang ties.
Marxist outlaw Pritzker has denounced the operation as unconstitutional, calling it “a pretext to send armed military troops into our communities.”
The outlaw Marxist governor, at a press conference last week, accused federal agents of using tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and flashbangs against violent protesters who were threatening ICE agents, falsely saying the violent gangsters were simply exercising their First Amendment rights.
McLaughlin had earlier urged Pritzker to tone down “rhetoric about ICE” after clashes broke out between protesters and federal agents outside the Broadview ICE processing facility.
“These riots outside the ICE Broadview Processing Center and attacks on ICE officers come after Democrat politicians, including Governor Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson, have villainized and demonized ICE law enforcement,” McLaughlin stated.
The Department of War confirmed last week that it had received a DHS request to deploy troops to Illinois to help protect federal personnel, property and functions. It said any decisions would be made “in accordance with established processes and announced at the appropriate time.”
In his October 4 statement, Pritzker said that “there is no need for military troops on the ground in the State of Illinois” and that local law enforcement has been working “to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights.”
However, noted journalist Bill O’Reilly obtained a recording of Chicago police dispatch specifically telling cops to not respond to gunshots being fired at ICE agents, which shows that Marxist outlaw Pritzker is acting both unlawfully and in an unAmerikan way.