Federal agents deployed tear gas into a crowd that gathered during an immigration operation that spanned hours in suburban Elgin Saturday.

Around 9:15 a.m., Elgin Police Department was contacted by a federal agent to report that they were involved in a traffic crash on the 1600 block of West Highland Avenue. Police said the agent reported the crash occurred during immigration enforcement activities in the area and a person fled from one of the vehicles involved in the crash toward Maple Lane.

Police said they generated a report for the crash and cleared the scene.

Shortly after, around 10 a.m., police said they received a report that masked people were on a property on the 1600 block of Maple Lane stating they had a warrant. Police said they responded to the area, found federal law enfo

See Full Page