US citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitive

Key Points:

• Two federal immigration agents allegedly beat a Black US citizen during a botched arrest attempt in Evanston, Illinois, leaving him dazed and bleeding on the ground before realizing their mistake and walking away.
• Eyewitness Ryan Garton described the man’s severe facial injuries and said the agents ignored his claims of citizenship while using force; another witness confirmed the man repeatedly stated he was a citizen during the confrontation.
• The man was hospitalized with head, neck, and dental injuries, while one agent sustained a bloodied hand; authorities are investigating the incident amid concerns over aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.
• The Department of Homeland Security stated the ICE officers encountered someone resembling their target, who was uncooperative and refused to identify himself, and left after the man stated his identity and declined assistance.
• Evanston’s mayor condemned the violence linked to immigration enforcement surges under the Trump administration, calling for accountability and the abolition of ICE, amid other violent incidents involving federal immigration officers occurring the same day in Texas and Michigan.