This is part our series of daily recaps of ICE activity in the Chicago region. Have a tip we should check out? Email newsroom@blockclubchi.org.

CHICAGO – Several Southwest Side immigrant rights organizers were detained by federal agents Sunday “without any stated reason,” according to an area alderman and a social media statement by the local rapid response group.

At approximately 9:30 a.m. Sunday, members of the Southwest Side Rapid Response Team responded to a tip of federal agents in Back of the Yards. While they were in the area, three members were “followed, harassed, physically kettled in their vehicles and intimidated by federal officers aiming a firearm at them,” according to the group’s statement.

Federal agents were “aggressive” and started to intimidate organizers when they n

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