Chicago is making headlines again, and not for deep-dish pizza or baseball. This time, it’s because two illegal aliens decided to turn their cars into battering rams — deliberately targeting federal ICE agents in broad daylight.
That’s not a typo. According to the Department of Homeland Security, two separate attacks took place Wednesday during ongoing enforcement operations in the Chicago suburbs. DHS says the suspects “weaponized their vehicles in deliberate attempts to ram and injure” officers working to carry out arrests. And yet, the same politicians who call Chicago a “sanctuary” city want us to believe this is all business as usual.
Here’s what went down.
In Bensenville, 37-year-old Miguel Escareno De Loera — an illegal alien from Mexico — slammed into an ICE vehicle not once, but twice. He then lost control, jumped a curb, and crashed into a stop. Authorities say they don’t even know when or how he entered the U.S., only that he wasn’t stopped at the border.
In a separate attack in Norridge, 34-year-old Widman Osberto Lopez-Funes, an illegal alien from Guatemala, rammed his vehicle into ICE agents during an enforcement operation. After the attack, he ditched the car and bolted on foot back to his home in Bensenville, where he was later arrested. His entry into the country? Also unknown.
Both men now face criminal charges for assaulting federal officers and remain in ICE custody while deportation proceedings move forward.
It would be bad enough if these were isolated incidents. But they’re not. DHS officials say ICE agents are now facing a 1,000% increase in assaults — yes, one thousand percent — including attacks with cars. Think about that for a moment. The people tasked with enforcing America’s immigration laws are being targeted like enemy combatants.
Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin didn’t mince words, pointing the finger at the political leadership in Illinois. “This is exactly what happens when Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and other sanctuary politicians demonize ICE and encourage illegal aliens to resist law enforcement,” she said.
She’s not wrong. For years, Democrat leaders have portrayed ICE agents as villains — jackbooted thugs who need to be resisted at every turn. The message has been loud and clear: don’t cooperate, don’t comply, fight back. And now? That rhetoric has escalated into cars being weaponized against law enforcement.
Meanwhile, “Operation Midway Blitz,” the ICE crackdown in Chicago, has already resulted in more than 900 arrests. Federal officials are pushing forward despite protests and opposition from Democrats who insist these operations are cruel, unnecessary, or politically motivated.
But the reality is hard to ignore. Sanctuary policies have turned Chicago into a magnet for people who believe the law doesn’t apply to them. And when law enforcement finally steps in to restore order, officers end up dodging cars instead of simply making arrests.
This isn’t compassion. It’s chaos. And it’s exactly what happens when political leaders spend more energy shielding lawbreakers than protecting their own citizens.
Chicago’s sanctuary experiment isn’t just a policy failure. It’s now a danger zone — for federal agents, for the rule of law, and for the people who still believe America should have borders that actually mean something.
