Head of ICE Chicago office cleared up all dilemmas regarding the arrest of the police officer and the secret center in Broadview

Director of the Chicago office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Samuel Olson, spoke exclusively to FOX 32 Chicago to clarify numerous controversies regarding the arrest of a Hanover Park police officer and access to the Broadview detention center.

Olson confirmed that the aforementioned police officer arrested for illegally residing in the US for nearly a decade, although he had previously obtained a work permit. „USCIS did issue him a work permit, but he never had legal status in the country. U.S. immigration law is complex, and it is possible for someone to have a temporary work permit while still not having legal residency,“ Olson explained.

Speaking about the situation at the Broadview Center, Olson pointed out that it is a short-term detention processing facility, which is currently not open to the public due to „extensive field operations.“ „Due to the current volume of work, it is logistically not possible to provide access to observers,“ he said.

The director emphasized that ICE continues to focus on criminal offenders, but in practice they often encounter individuals without a criminal record who have a deportation order. „The law is clear – if we encounter a person with a final order of removal, we are obligated to detain them,“ he added.

When asked about recent incidents, including the death of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez following a traffic stop in Franklin Park, Olson said he had no details about the case, nor about the video of a young woman's arrest in Hoffman Estates.

Olson confirmed that ICE will comply with all new federal regulations, including the mandatory wearing of body cameras during operations.

SOURCE: FOX 32, PHOTO: PRINTSCREEN