Two Chicago women are facing federal assault charges stemming from a scuffle with agents during an immigration enforcement action on the West Side over the weekend.

The charges against Joshalin Rivera, 26, and Daishalie Urdiales, 24, are believed to be the first such case lodged in U.S. District Court against Chicago residents since the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration began earlier this year.

Both Rivera and Urdiales were charged in a criminal complaint made public Tuesday with one count of assaulting a federal employee during the performance of official duties.

At an initial appearance in court Monday, federal prosecutors moved to have both women detained pending trial. But U.S. Magistrate Judge Young Kim denied the motion and ordered both released on an unsecur

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