"CHICAGO -- WGN-TV released a statement Friday after a video appeared to show one of their employees being detained by federal agents in Chicago. The woman, who identified herself as Debbie Brockman, was taken into custody Friday morning near Lincoln and Foster avenues in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, video showed. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said U.S. Border Patrol agents were working in the area when Brockman allegedly threw objects at their vehicle."
"WGN-TV released the following statement: "WGN-TV is aware of the situation involving ICE and an employee in the station's creative services department, which is separate from the WGN News department. This remains an evolving situation, and we are actively gathering the facts related to it." No further information was immediately available."
A WGN-TV creative services employee, Debbie Brockman, was taken into custody Friday morning near Lincoln and Foster avenues in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago after video appeared to show federal agents detaining her. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said U.S. Border Patrol agents were working in the area when Brockman allegedly threw objects at their vehicle. WGN-TV clarified the employee works in the station's creative services department, which is separate from the news department. The station said it is actively gathering facts about the evolving situation, and no further information was immediately available.
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