Chicago producer detained in immigration enforcement by Border Patrol

A Chicago television producer was detained by federal agents Friday morning during an immigration enforcement operation in the city’s North Side, video and witnesses show. Debbie Brockman, a producer and video editor who works for a local television station, was forced to the ground, handcuffed and placed into an unmarked silver van near the intersection of Foster and Lincoln avenues at about 8:30 a.m., neighbors and bystanders said.

Video taken by a neighbor shows two masked agents wrestling Brockman to the pavement and securing her hands behind her back while she identified herself as media. A bystander who filmed the encounter, Josh Thomas, said another man was already detained and seated in the van when he came outside. As the agents loaded Brockman into the vehicle, the van struck a parked car and tore off part of its bumper before driving through a busy intersection, footage and witnesses said. Several pedestrians gathered and loudly objected to the arrests while drivers honked.

Department of Homeland Security officials said investigators are treating the incident as part of immigration enforcement conducted by U.S. Border Patrol and that Brockman, a U.S. citizen, was...