CHICAGO - The Chicago ICE Field Director spoke exclusively to FOX 32 on Friday afternoon amid ongoing tension at the Broadview processing facility and several court rulings demanding that federal agents act within the law.

What we know:

Samuel Olson is back on the job this week after leaving the Chicago ICE office for the Twin Cities earlier this summer. Interim Director Russel Hott has since moved on to Washington, D.C.

Olson said he wanted to clear the air about what he calls misperceptions surrounding ICE’s operations — starting with the detainment of a Hanover Park police officer arrested Thursday. ICE says the officer is in the country illegally, despite receiving federal work authorization earlier this year.

"He overstayed his visa for nearly a decade, so he doesn't have any

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