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ICE Agents Arrest Chicago News Producer and Ram Vehicle in Hasty Getaway
[Mediaite] Masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Friday arrested a TV producer for WGN News in Chicago, threw her into an unmarked van, and rammed into another vehicle as they drove away.
A video posted on Facebook by a bystander named Josh Thomas shows two masked agents pinning Debbie Brockman on a street in Chicago’s North Side as they handcuff her. Thomas asks her name, which she gives, before Thomas asks the agents, "You guys wanna share your names, too?"
They declined.
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
— Heartland Signal (@heartlandsignal.bsky.social) 2025-10-10T18:06:27.214738561Z
Brockman’s LinkedIn says she is a producer for WGN.
A video of the aftermath of the arrest shows agents loading Brockman into a van as a group of bystanders scolds the two men. The agents then drive off, but clip a vehicle while ripping the bumper halfway off.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Reason Magazine, “U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers.”
Reason added, “This account contradicts the Chicago Tribune, which reported that Brockman was already detained in the van when it drove off and clipped another car.”
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