Hi there,

From our first broadcast nearly 30 years ago, Democracy Now! has always been fiercely independent. Over these last 3 decades, our daily global news hour has been a source of truth in a media landscape all too often bought by commercial interests. Can you start a monthly donation? Monthly donations are the lifeblood of Democracy Now!.Thanks to a group of generous donors, all monthly donations started today will be DOUBLED, which means your $15 gift is worth $30. If you believe that freedom of speech and freedom of the press are essential to the functioning of a democratic society, please donate today. Every dollar makes a difference. Thank you so much.

Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman

Non-commercial news needs your support.

We rely on contributions from you, our viewers and listeners to do our work. If you visit us daily or weekly or even just once a month, now is a great time to make your monthly contribution.

Please do your part today.

Donate

ICE Fatally Shoots Silverio Villegas Gonzales During Traffic Stop in Chicago

HeadlineSep 15, 2025
Image Credit: GoFundMe

In other immigration news, ICE shot and killed a man in the Chicago suburbs who authorities say was resisting arrest on Friday during a traffic stop. Thirty-eight-year-old Silverio Villegas Gonzales allegedly dragged an ICE agent with his car, who later fired his weapon at Villegas Gonzales. In a statement, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights said, “This killing is the latest in a mounting pile of evidence that Trump’s mass deportation machine is completely out of control.” Protesters denounced ICE’s killing of Villegas Gonzales.

Steve: “This is not fair for our hard-working people, who come out here to this country to earn a living. And I just want to say God bless all. Hopefully it gets — best wishes for everybody. Hopefully everything gets better, situations. But we do need to tell ICE: Stop scaring our people.”

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top