Federal immigration agents swarmed downtown Chicago on Sunday afternoon, detaining multiple people, SİA informs via ABC7.
One of those incidents was caught on camera near Millennium Park, where Border Patrol agents appeared to detain a family, including a woman and multiple children.
Agents appeared to detain another man in River North outside of Catholic Charities, near LaSalle and Clark.
These were part of Sunday's many sightings of Border Patrol agents, who were seen patrolling on foot and by boat along the Chicago River.
"It's a lot of places that can use some armor and some help, and I'm pretty sure walking down the street of Michigan Avenue is not the place for that type of armor," said Robina Muhammed.
Lawmakers and community leaders held a press conference on Sunday afternoon to speak out about the federal escalation.
"They showed up downtown to indiscriminately continue to profile against people just because of what they look like," said Democratic Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia.
"How dare you. This is our city. This is our state. This is our country. This is our home," said Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Deputy Director Veronica Castro.
The group vowed to mobilize and protect against what they call fear and intimidation tactics.
"We don't have any other choice but to continue to organize, to continue to stand together and continue to fight to protect our communities," said Resurrection Project Director of Organizing Tovia Siegel.
Protests outside the Broadview ICE facility have been happening for several days, and demonstrators continued to make their voices heard on Sunday night.
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