Overview
- Video from Rayito de Sol in Chicago shows federal agents dragging a screaming childcare worker outside around 7 a.m., and the center closed for the day as parents described panic and distress.
- DHS identified the woman as Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano of Colombia and said agents attempted a targeted traffic stop before arresting her in a vestibule, alleging she lied about her identity.
- Local leaders, including Mayor Brandon Johnson and U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley and Delia Ramirez, say agents entered without a warrant and searched rooms with children present, calling for accountability.
- Homeland Security says the action was not a raid on a school and contends the driver refused to pull over before both occupants ran into the facility, with details on the male driver still pending.
- The incident intensifies scrutiny of Operation Midway Blitz, which DHS says has led to more than 3,000 arrests since September, as a federal judge extended limits on agents’ use of force and DHS vowed to appeal.