"United States Border Patrol personnel shot an armed woman in Chicago, the Department of Homeland Security said, as dozens of protesters faced off against federal immigration agents on the city's southwest side. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement Saturday that no law enforcement officers were seriously injured in the incident in which a group, including the shot woman, rammed cars into vehicles used by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency."
"The woman, a US citizen who was not identified, drove herself to the hospital, according to the statement. No additional information was immediately available about the woman's condition. ICE agents fired pepper spray and loaded rubber bullets as part of heated clashes with protesters on Saturday. US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said in a post on X that she was sending additional special operations to control the scene in Chicago's Brighton Park neighbourhood."
"Pritzker said the guard received word from the Pentagon in the morning that the troops would be called up. He did not specify when or where they would be deployed, but President Donald Trump has long threatened to send troops to Chicago. This morning, the Trump Administration's Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will, Pritzker said in a statement. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will."
Dozens of protesters confronted federal immigration agents on Chicago's southwest side, where United States Border Patrol personnel shot an armed woman after a group rammed cars into vehicles used by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The woman, a US citizen, drove herself to the hospital; no immediate information about her condition was available. ICE agents used pepper spray and loaded rubber bullets during heated clashes. US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said she was sending additional special operations to control the scene in Brighton Park. The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 Illinois National Guard members; Governor JB Pritzker called the demand an ultimatum and un-American.
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