Pertissue Fisher is still recovering from being detained by federal immigration agents who burst into her South Shore apartment building and pulled her and other residents from their beds early Wednesday morning.
An agent put a gun in her face, she said. Another placed her in handcuffs tight enough to leave bruises.
Fisher and other victims of the raid are U.S. citizens, but they were still held for hours.
“I want answers. I have kids, I have grandkids, and if I would have [gotten] killed, who gonna answer for it? Nobody,” said Fisher, 54.
The raid was the latest in a string of aggressive tactics by the feds as part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz.” The continuing raids in the Chicago area have angered local elected officials, including U.S. Reps Jesus “Chuy” Garc