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DHS: Illegal immigrant with assault record dragged and struck ICE officer with his car outside Chicago; arrested a day later
Jose Garnica-Naranjo, 32, a Mexican citizen, was arrested Wednesday after allegedly accelerating away from an ICE traffic stop in Chicago Heights on Tuesday while an officer was partially inside his car, throwing the officer over a center median and then striking him, the Department of Homeland Security said, the New York Post reported. The officer suffered contusions, cuts and scrapes but no broken bones and has been released from the hospital; ICE said Garnica-Naranjo has prior convictions for domestic violence and assault. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin cited "a more than 1,600% increase in assaults" against officers and blamed rhetoric from "sanctuary politicians like Illinois Governor JB Pritzker."
- New York PostIllegal immigrant Jose Garnica-Naranjo arrested after dragging, striking ICE officer with car: DHS