Pritzker Accuses ICE of Lawbreaking, Calls for Prosecutors to Investigate After Chicago Shooting
Gov. J.B. Pritzker accused ICE of lawbreaking after a Chicago shooting, saying “you can’t believe anything ICE is doing,” urging prosecutors to investigate and repeating the woman’s attorney’s claim that body‑cam footage shows an ICE agent ramming and verbally abusing the woman immediately before she was shot. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin disputed his account, saying the woman, identified as Marimar Martinez, allegedly doxxed agents, drove herself to the hospital and no officers were seriously injured, while Pritzker has also criticized the Trump administration’s Chicago crackdown as “making it a war zone.”
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📌 Key Facts
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker said on the 'Raging Moderates' podcast that 'you can't believe anything ICE is doing,' suggested ICE may be committing felonies, and publicly urged prosecutors to investigate ICE activity in Illinois following a Chicago shooting.
- Pritzker repeated a claim, attributed to the woman's attorney, that body‑camera footage shows an ICE agent rammed and verbally abused the woman immediately before she was shot.
- DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin's office disputed Pritzker's characterization of the incident.
- DHS said the woman involved was identified as Marimar Martinez and alleged she had doxxed agents.
- DHS stated Martinez drove herself to the hospital and that no officers were seriously injured.
📚 Contextual Background
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the federal agency responsible for apprehending and detaining people suspected of being undocumented immigrants in the United States.
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Pritzker claims you 'can't believe anything ICE is doing,' suggests it's committing 'felonies'
New information:
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker said on the 'Raging Moderates' podcast that 'you can't believe anything ICE is doing' and publicly urged prosecutors to investigate ICE activity in Illinois.
- Pritzker repeated a claim—attributing it to the woman's attorney—that body‑cam footage shows an ICE agent rammed and verbally abused the woman immediately before she was shot.
- DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin's office disputed Pritzker's characterization in the article, saying the woman (identified as Marimar Martinez) allegedly doxxed agents, and that Martinez drove herself to the hospital; McLaughlin said no officers were seriously injured.