thejenniwrenAs reported by Block Club Chicago, federal agents with ICE and Border Patrol are accused of using chemical weapons against civilians in multiple Chicago-area communities. The incidents included the use of tear gas in Little Village and pepper spray in suburban Cicero, where a family with a one-year-old child was struck while out buying groceries.Rafael Veraza said his family was in a Sam’s Club parking lot in Cicero when agents in a pickup truck sprayed pepper spray directly into their vehicle. Veraza was hospitalized after the assault, but said his greatest concern was for his daughter, one-year-old Evelin.“Me, I’m a grown man, I can handle this,” Veraza said at a Sunday press conference. “But my 1-year-old? We don’t know what [pepper spray] could do to her.”Video posted to social media by community groups shows Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino in Little Village holding a tear gas canister, though it remains unclear if he personally deployed it.“The violence ICE and Border Patrol brought to Little Village and Cicero this weekend was unconscionable,” said the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, calling the actions by Bovino and his agents “violence and disruption” against immigrant communities.#chicago #illinois #littlevillage #cicero #bovinoView all 2,578 comments

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