DHS agents shot at during immigration enforcement operations in Chicago

CHICAGO —

Department of Homeland Security agents were shot at during an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago Saturday, the agency said — as federal agents were also accused of using pepper spray and flash-bang grenades against protesters across the Chicago area.

The incidents come as Chicago has emerged as the center of tense standoffs between federal agents carrying out immigration enforcement operations and frustrated and angry community members protesting the Trump administration’s wide-ranging deportation campaign. A federal judge issued a ruling Thursday limiting federal agents’ use of force in Chicago, after they repeatedly used tear gas and other forms of force against protesters.

The shooting took place in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood Saturday morning, accordin