After federal immigration agents broke down the front door of an Elgin home and detained four people this week, the Department of Homeland Security featured them in a news release that declared they were illegal immigrants with serious criminal records.

But when one of the men appeared in court, a federal judge had a different take.

“This is the shortest report I’ve ever seen on anybody,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hoatling said, waving his pretrial report in her hand. “He has a criminal history of nothing…There is no danger that I see to the community whatsoever.”

Elgin man who is a US citizen was briefly detained in latest Chicago-area immigration enforcement blitz

A promised immigration enforcement surge in the Chicago area appeared to escalate throughout the past week, wit

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