A gutsy bike owner taunted US Customs and Border Safety officers in downtown Chicago — shouting “I'm not a US citizen!” — earlier than sparking a wild road chase caught on video.
The tense interplay reveals the unidentified cyclists using as much as a herd of brokers on Sunday as federal immigration brokers patrolled the streets of the Windy Metropolis.
“I'm not a US citizen! Come on!” the person is heard repeatedly yelling on the brokers.
As one officer seems to stroll near him, the belligerent biker rides up the road — nonetheless making taunts — however his telephone falls from his pocket.
“You dropped your telephone,” one agent shouts.
Because the bike owner circles again and picks up his telephone, one of many brokers yells, “Get him!” whereas round a dozen officers rush to seize him.
The brokers then chase him down the road, however the bike owner was in a position to escape and experience off.
The footage was captured by Christopher Sweat, who stated the person “made verbal feedback however no bodily or threatening contact.”
Authorities haven't disclosed whether or not the person was recognized or taken into custody, based on Fox 32.
Armed federal brokers in full tactical gear descended on downtown Chicago for the most recent immigration crackdown over the weekend.
The scores of federalized troops had been noticed patrolling the streets of a number of the Windy Metropolis's most outstanding vacationer and purchasing hotspots through the ICE round-up beginning Sunday afternoon.
Trump shared footage on Reality Social late Sunday of protesters harassing federal brokers as he warned, “Border Patrol will take no nonsense!”
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, each Democrats, blasted the Trump administration's present of power.
It's not instantly clear what number of unlawful migrants had been nabbed within the Chicago operation.
The Chicago operation comes simply weeks after Trump began threatening to ship the Nationwide Guard to flood town.
The scenes in Chicago unfolded after the feds started arriving in Portland, Ore., over the weekend, following Trump's order for a army deployment there as effectively.
Clashes erupted exterior an ICE facility as Trump confirmed he'd approved “full power” to guard a “battle ravaged Portland” and federal buildings “underneath siege by ANTIFA, and different home terrorists.”
