The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said federal agents on Saturday morning shot a woman in the Chicago suburb of Broadview after the agents allegedly became boxed in by vehicles.

According to a statement from DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, the incident unfolded when agents were patrolling in west suburban Broadview, where they have an ICE facility that has been the site of ongoing protests and clashes between agents and demonstrators.

The patrolling agents were rammed by vehicles and "boxed in by 10 cars," DHS said. The statement did not say where in Broadview this occurred, but that it was "in the same area" as the ICE facility.

DHS said the agents were unable to move their vehicles and got out of the car. According to DHS officials, one of the drivers of a ca

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