All Hell Breaks Loose as Trump Gets Caught on Camera
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Donald Trump has been caught on camera, folks. We have the receipts.
We have the photos. We have the video.
I want to lay out the evidence as I would when I was a litigator.
Speaker 15 In just the past 48 hours, we saw Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Christy Noam, post photographs of an American citizen whose home was unlawfully raided by ICE agents.
Speaker 15 And she showed a photo and tried to conflate this individual with another individual who appears to have been wrongfully shot and killed by ICE agents in Illinois.
Speaker 15
I want to go through all of the facts and evidence that we have and just lay it out for you. And I want to show you some of the other atrocities that are being documented.
So join me.
Speaker 15 Let's share this video with as many people as you can. It's important that we get the word out.
Speaker 15 This first video I want to show you, though, is a video of ICE detaining a Chicago man who has a work permit. He had to abandon his wife and two small children in the middle of an intersection.
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He was telling the agents, I'm legal. I have my status, but they didn't care.
He first refused to get out until agents started banging on his car, causing his kids to freak out in fear.
Speaker 15 They took him with them and left no information for the mom, said the council president.
Speaker 15 Even after a volunteer group helped the family find an immigration attorney, they still have no idea where he is. The arrest took place in the little village community of Chicago, Illinois.
Speaker 15 Here, play this clip.
Speaker 16 An ICE agent tells the couple in the car they need to open the door. The woman replies not to open the door because they're legal.
Speaker 16 She shared this video she shot inside the car with the Little Village Community Council. Anita Clara witnessed the exchange from the sidewalk.
Speaker 16 She says they told him to get out of the car, and when he didn't, they started hitting the car. Then he got out of the car, and the wife and kids were crying.
Speaker 16 It happened late this morning at the corner of 24th and South Albany. Afterward, the wife and two young children sat nearby in tears, wondering where they had taken their husband and father.
Speaker 18 He was telling them, you know, I'm legal, I have my legal status, but they didn't care. They just kidnapped them, took them with them,
Speaker 18 left no information for the mom.
Speaker 16 Baltazar Enriquez, president of the Little Village Community Council, is trying to help get legal representation for those who have been detained, but the numbers are growing.
Speaker 16 A short time later, just a few blocks away, more ICE agents stop a Venezuelan man, taking him him into custody as well. Noemi Rivera witnessed as they brought him in handcuffs to their car.
Speaker 16 She says, I got very scared and nervous because I saw everything and I shot the video. We made several unsuccessful attempts to reach out to ICE for comments.
Speaker 16 It was with this backdrop that some Pilsen neighbors are celebrating El Grito tonight. It's supposed to be a reminder for Mexican people to fight for freedom, dignity, and respect.
Speaker 16 Tonight, that is difficult for some.
Speaker 22 And even people that have legal status, we're also fearful.
Speaker 16 The family of the man detained earlier today at 24th in Albany is working with an attorney to try to determine where he's being held and whether he can be released on bond.
Speaker 15
All right. Now, this is the video I was talking about at the outset.
Christy Noam personally joined ICE in Chicago for a raid, but arrested a U.S. citizen by mistake.
Speaker 15 He was woken up by an explosion that literally blew the doors off his house.
Speaker 15 Agents handcuffed him, featured him in a propaganda video that Christy Noam published, which they released even after the arrest was proven to be a mistake.
Speaker 15 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noam shared this video on all of her social media handles of four men, including Joe Botello, being dragged out of his house.
Speaker 15
Neither the video nor her message admits that Joe Botello is a U.S. citizen citizen who they were forced to release.
The ICE raid occurred in the Chicago suburb of Elgin, Illinois.
Speaker 15
I want you to watch what happens as this Elgin man, who is a U.S. citizen, was detained in the latest Chicago-area ICE Blitz.
They're calling their military-style operation Midway Blitz.
Speaker 15 And what they're trying to do is exactly what we warned you.
Speaker 15 Provoke the community so that somebody reacts potentially violently and then bring in the military and say they need to put down an insurrection. This is what they're trying to provoke there.
Speaker 15 And thanks to Governor Pritzker and other leaders, the citizens in Chicago know what's up. But here, play this clip.
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I spoke to that contractor over there. He was called by the homeowner to repair the damage.
He says both the front door and back door are busted in.
Speaker 13 Now, Secretary Christine Noam sent out a tweet that reads in part: I was on the ground in Chicago today to make it clear we are not backing down.
Speaker 13 That post on X also included video showing several people being led away in handcuffs. We have witness video that was taken after a person describes hearing an explosion around 5.50 this morning.
Speaker 13 You can see armed officers shining flashlights at a door and into a window as well. Another neighbor told us about the response from law enforcement that came from the air.
Speaker 19 Awakened at 20 to 6 by the drone of the helicopter flying overhead, circling the house, circling the neighborhood, spotlight on, right over the house. Very unusual in our usually quiet neighborhood.
Speaker 13 Back out here live, people in the neighborhood are slowly filtering over here to see this damage. Everyone walking up to us wants to know what the people were taken into custody for.
Speaker 13 Well, according to Secretary Noam, she indicated on social media their offenses include DUI, felony stalking, and assault.
Speaker 13 We know that members of a rapid response team are walking around the the neighborhood trying to be on standby in case there are any more ICE arrests.
Speaker 13 I also wanted to tell you that Representative Lauren Underwood from the Northwest suburbs says she got debriefed by ICE recently, who told her that since September 6th, there have been 250 ICE arrests in the Chicago area.
Speaker 13 I'm Lauren Victory reporting live in Elgin this morning, CBS News Chicago.
Speaker 15 So here was the updated
Speaker 15 video, which talks about how there were actually two U.S. citizens detained during the ICE raid in Chicago that Christinoam personally participated in.
Speaker 15 State Senator Christina Castro, when asked for comment about Christino showing up there and engaging in an unlawful raid herself, I mean, Noam did it herself.
Speaker 15
State Senator Christine Castro says, go to hell. Don't come to my community.
Here, play this clip.
Speaker 16 Now, a big development just in about an early morning immigration effort that took place in northwest suburban Elgin.
Speaker 10 Our Sabrina Franza is there. Sabrina, you just spoke to one of the men who was detained and now released.
Speaker 20 Joe Erica, we're now hearing that five people were originally arrested at this home here in Elgin, and that two of them have since been released because they are U.S. citizens.
Speaker 20 And speaking with that gentleman, he told me it was an incredibly scary morning to be arrested by the immigration and custom enforcement action here on this block in Elgin.
Speaker 20 He said they were asked if they were U.S.
Speaker 20 citizens at one point, and he and his colleague, because they were on their way to work, were able to produce their licenses and be released back into the town where they work, where he recently just spoke to us a few moments ago.
Speaker 20 Now, as for the other three people that he says are still in custody by immigration and customs enforcement, the reason for their detention is not officially known. Before the sun had risen,
Speaker 20 neighbors say federal agents were on the ground, This helicopter in the sky. DHS Secretary Christy Noam there alongside an immigration enforcement raid.
Speaker 20 In a post on X, she says, quote, I was on the ground in Chicago today to make clear we are not backing down. You can see her at the end of this video she posted.
Speaker 20 Sources tell CBS News Chicago she left Illinois shortly after.
Speaker 22 Was that necessary for this kind of standard little neighborhood?
Speaker 3 Neighbor Nick Hurst drove over confused about what was going on.
Speaker 18 Are people just going to be afraid to be detained just to go to school?
Speaker 20 Nonprofit immigrant rights organization Casa DuPage responded as soon as they heard.
Speaker 24 We go out and patrol our communities starting as early as 4 o'clock in the morning.
Speaker 20 They say they could not reach the family that lives here before those people were taken into federal custody.
Speaker 24 I see the door broken and I hear them screaming in its manage, telling them to get out, otherwise they're going to come in with deadly force, things like that. And then I see them come out one by one.
Speaker 20 Later, Illinois State Senator Christina Castro canvassed her district herself with strong words for Secretary Noam after she says her community is afraid and angry with the ongoing Operation Midway Blitz.
Speaker 13 She can go to help.
Speaker 13 Don't come to my community.
Speaker 20 Now, DHS Secretary Christy Noam had mentioned on X that they were still going after some of the most violent offenders, referencing people being taken into custody today, accused of DUI, felony stalking.
Speaker 20 But again, it is not clear if anyone that is still in custody is convicted of any of those crimes. We did reach out to DHS for more specifics on that, and they did not give those details to us.
Speaker 20 We are also hearing that these types of actions are expected to continue for at least a few more weeks, and we'll keep you posted as soon as we learn more on that. For now, we're live in Elgin.
Speaker 20 Sabrina Franza, CBS News, Chicago.
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Now, I want to show you this right here because these Chicago state senators don't play around. Chicago state senator Karina Villa chases ICE out of her district.
This is my city. Take your masks off.
Speaker 15 She said that more than 15 people already had been taken away in unmarked cars by masked agents.
Speaker 15 These masked individuals came upon my people, people with the color of my skin, and picked them up, Senator State Senator Karina Villa says. She then looked into the camera and asked for help.
Speaker 15 If you are an ally, come out and stand with us, take pictures, record, and get the license plates. State Senator Karina Villa currently represents West Chicago.
Speaker 15 She recently announced her statewide campaign for Illinois Comtroller. Here, play this clip.
Speaker 15 Take off your masks. What?
Speaker 15
Slide in your houses, everyone. Do not come out.
See you in your houses.
Speaker 25 Quieros ensu casa, quiet
Speaker 25 todos.
Speaker 25 No tale, sino.
Speaker 25
Sino ay unaudes virbara porújuz. Tami sen los lessinos.
Todos los que tiene documentos y motel eso vana yuda. Por vamor.
Está entado muestigraba vita. Coran la vos por vamor.
Speaker 25 Hi everyone, I am here in West Pano right now on P59 and Forest Avenue.
Speaker 8
This morning we have received reports that ICE is coming, and I have seen them masked people, masked individuals. We don't know who they are.
We are making sure that the community knows their rights.
Speaker 8
Stay inside of your house. Do not answer the door unless there is a warrant.
If you are an ally, come out with a camera, take pictures, record, get the license plates.
Speaker 8 Make sure that the kids are safe because right now our kids are going to school. The buses are coming down.
Speaker 8 I talked to some parents who are on their way to take their kids to school and they are afraid, but not here. We need all of our allies to come out and to stand with us.
Speaker 8 As you can see, there are cars right behind me.
Speaker 8
Leislands Flights, North Dakota. They've got their face masks on.
I want all of you to remember that we are in West Chicago, we are in Illinois. We still have rights here.
Speaker 8
Call my office, call the 1-800 number for ICE. I will get that to you before the end of this recording.
I will do this in Spanish now.
Speaker 8 Hola todos estoy aquí en West Chicago en la estina de forest y la 1 puenta y nueve. Cómo están biendo.
Speaker 8 Not in my city.
Speaker 8 Not in my city.
Speaker 8 Not in my city.
Speaker 8
I'm sorry, guys. I'm sorry.
Please delete that. If you have kids watching, I apologize.
Speaker 8 They're over here. They're over here.
Speaker 15
No, one of the things that we're seeing as well is that the fear of ICE raids are now causing some cities to cancel Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations. Mexican Independence Day here.
Play this clip.
Speaker 3 This Hispanic Heritage Month, several cities across the country canceling celebrations in fear of ice raids.
Speaker 6 The participants, those who were going to be cooking the food and performing, just didn't feel comfortable coming.
Speaker 3 Outside of Boston, the city of Everett canceling this year's Fiesta del Rio, originally scheduled for September 20th, saying in a statement, quote, with the recent ice raids in our region, many of our friends and neighbors are feeling fear and uncertainty.
Speaker 3 Events also called off in other cities, including Long Beach, California, Indianapolis, and Seattle, Washington.
Speaker 3 But in Chicago, the Mexican Independence Day Parade, an annual tradition dating back more than 50 years, marching on.
Speaker 4 We are not intimidated. We are united, and we will resist anyone who seeks to silence us and drag us into the shadows.
Speaker 3 Organizers working with Chicago police and private security to keep crowds safe while deploying civil rights groups in case of ICE arrests.
Speaker 28
We have rapid response teams on site. We have over 25 immigration attorneys on site.
So we're ready to face whatever comes our way.
Speaker 3 It comes after weeks of protests and Friday's fatal shooting of Silverio Viegas Gonzalez, who DHS says was an undocumented immigrant.
Speaker 3 The agency saying an ICE officer shot and killed the 38-year-old after he fled a traffic stop, dragging the officer with his car.
Speaker 3 This weekend, ICE saying they arrested a suspected MS-13 gang member, also in the Chicago area. ICE trumpeting the president's so-called Operation Midway Blitz.
Speaker 27 We have to make sure that we're protecting all the United States.
Speaker 3 While the crackdown has put some communities on edge, others say they will continue to celebrate loudly and proudly.
Speaker 5 We are who we are. We're brown and proud, and we have to celebrate it.
Speaker 3
Back on here live to answer a question. We've been getting a lot.
Our team on the ground at yesterday's parade in Chicago saw zero signs of ICE or DHS officers.
Speaker 3 We did reach out to both agencies after the event to ask if they were in the area or if any arrests were made, especially at that event. Both agencies not answering those questions at this time.
Speaker 3
We'll point out ICE in response. Morgan sent us a news release about past arrests in the Chicago area.
That release was dated September 10th. So that was their response to that.
Speaker 15 Share this with you as well.
Speaker 15
Federal agents raiding a Long Beach car wash. Let's play it.
Federal agents arrested several people while raiding yet another car wash, this time in Long Beach.
Speaker 21
Their swift action surprised and stunned workers and customers at Bixby Knowles Car Wash. KTLA's Rachel Menatoff joins us live from there with a story.
Hi, Rachel.
Speaker 23 Hi, Corine. Hi, Rick.
Speaker 23 This latest raid taking place a couple of days after the Supreme Court rules that immigration authorities can resume roving patrols in Los Angeles and several other California counties.
Speaker 23 Now, the general manager here at Bigsby Knowles tells us that seven of his employees were detained here on Saturday, four of whom actually have documentation granting their legal status.
Speaker 23 We talked to a couple of witnesses who captured the operation on camera and shared with us some of their concerns about it.
Speaker 29 The first thing I saw was a woman being chased, an older woman, and then they just started tackling people. And
Speaker 13 I've never been this traumatized.
Speaker 30 I chose to speak out today because yesterday I felt helpless. Anything I did would be either end up being detained or arrested or potentially losing my life.
Speaker 30 So speaking today is the voice for so many folks here that are not criminals that are here to work and are just stuck between a loophole system that hasn't been figured out.
Speaker 23 And here's their cell phone video.
Speaker 23 According to the witnesses, a woman fainted during the surprise immigration operation, and he is heard calling out, asking the federal officers to get her medical attention.
Speaker 23 Homeland Security has promised to once again ramp up immigration enforcement, and according to the high court, it has grounds to do so based on a person's race, ethnicity, and his or her spoken language.
Speaker 23 According to statistics from NBC News, 58,000 undocumented immigrants have been taken into custody since the president took office in January. January.
Speaker 23 An immigration attorney says since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration, the next step is for a federal district court judge to make a more final ruling in the next week or so.
Speaker 23 But until that time, she says it's important to carry documentation with you at all times. Here is her counsel for those without documentation.
Speaker 31 My advice as an immigration attorney is don't put yourself out there in situations where you could be profiled and you could be detained. It's best to wait until we have more definition.
Speaker 31 And some people have pending cases. Wait till their cases cases come to fruition, and hopefully, they get approved and they have a green card to live and work in the United States.
Speaker 23
And we have reached out to ICE and DHS about this specific incident and are awaiting their response. We're live in Long Beach tonight.
I'm Rachel Menatoff.
Speaker 15 This is the photo that Christy Noam posted. She said, this week, brave ICE officer was dragged many yards by a car after a criminal, illegal alien resisted arrest.
Speaker 15 His life was put at risk and he sustained serious injuries. Trump has been clear if politicians will not put safety of their citizens first, this administration will.
Speaker 15 I was on the ground in Chicago today to make clear we are not backing down. Just this morning, DHS took violent offenders off the street with arrests for assault, DUI, and felony stalking.
Speaker 15 Our work is only beginning. In the photo, that Christina posted, it was Joe Botello.
Speaker 15
It was his home. They smashed through his doors.
They dragged him and his roommates out in handcuffs.
Speaker 15
Then they posted the video online suggesting that he was a criminal, despite knowing he was released soon after. Guy's not a criminal.
He's a U.S. citizen.
What are we doing here, folks?
Speaker 15 What are we doing here?
Speaker 15 There you have.
Speaker 15 Let me show you the video quickly, though, of the incident where you can clearly see that the individual was not dragging the ICE officer in this video, as Christinoam said, which is a separate incident, but she likes to conflate him here.
Speaker 15 Play this clue.
Speaker 17 As the car drives away, the agent on the driver's side can no longer be seen in this video. In a different surveillance video, two gunshots can be heard as the vehicle drives away.
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