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Federal Immigration Agents in Evanston Brutally Beat Man, Point Gun At Residents

HeadlineNov 03, 2025

The mayor of Evanston, Illinois, has opened two investigations into the actions of federal immigration agents. On Friday, one agent was filmed repeatedly punching a man in the head while the man was pinned to the pavement. Moments earlier, an agent pointed a gun at a group of bystanders.

Bystander: “Get out of here! Put the gun away! Are you going to shoot people?”

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss denounced the federal agents.

Mayor Daniel Biss: ”ICE agents have assaulted Evanston residents, beaten people up, grabbed them, abducted them, taking people off the street once again because of the color of their skin. It is an outrage. Our message for ICE is simple: Get the hell out of Evanston.”

On “60 Minutes,” CBS’s Norah O’Donnell questioned President Trump about federal immigration agents using violent tactics.

Norah O’Donnell: “More recently, Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood” —

President Donald Trump: “Mm-hmm.”

Norah O’Donnell: — “and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?”

President Donald Trump: “No, I think they haven’t gone far enough, because we’ve been held back by the — by the judges, by the liberal judges that were put in by Biden and by Obama.”

Norah O’Donnell: “You’re OK with those tactics?”

President Donald Trump: “Yeah, because you have to get the people out.”

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