ICE officer injured after vehicle encounter in Chicago suburb, agency says

Summary

A federal officer was hospitalized after an encounter with a driver in Chicago's south suburbs, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement . ICE officer injured in Chicago Heights ICE said its officers stopped Jose Juan Garnica-Naranjo on Tuesday during a targeted enforcement operation in Chicago Heights. The agency said Garnica-Naranjo is from Mexico and had previously been deported seven times in 2013. ICE said officers asked Garnica-Naranjo to turn off the vehicle’s engine, but he refused. As officers tried to remove him, ICE said he drove away while an officer was partly inside…

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