At least three people were detained by federal immigration enforcement agents Wednesday morning outside the Menards store in Naperville.
One of those arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was Martin Morales, a Montgomery resident who owns Martin Morales Wood Flooring Inc., according to his daughter, Veronica Beltran. Two others were his employees, she said.
“My mom called me. I was at work and she told me that my dad had gotten taken by immigration,” said Beltran, who rushed to the home improvement store on Fort Hill Drive. “But when we got here, it was too late because they had already taken him.”
Beltran and her sister, Karina, stood in the parking lot as they watched their father’s van get towed away.
“It’s ridiculous, the world that we live in,” Beltran said. “Harmin