21 Arrested in NW Suburbs In Immigration Bust - Chicago

Immigration Service spokesperson Gail Montenegro said the two-day operation targeted foreign national gang members. Agents made most or the arrests in Carpentersville, which has been a focus on the immigration debate in the northwest suburbs. Additional arrests were made in Belvidere, Bensenville, Cary, Lake Zurich and West Dundee.

Montenegro said 19 of the 21 were living illegally in the United States. The other two are permanent U.S. residents whose criminal convictions render them eligible for deportation.”*

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