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Residents report immigration enforcement activity; village officials cite limits under state law
Summary
Several residents described recent immigration enforcement actions in Round Lake Beach, saying family members and workers were detained in public locations. Village officials said local police are limited by state law and the TRUST Act but pledged to coordinate community resources and messaging.
Several Round Lake Beach residents urged the village to act after saying immigration agents detained people in public locations over the weekend, leaving families and merchants fearful.
"Immigration agents were in our town recently, and people that we know were taken right in the Round Lake area," resident JC Ochoa told the board during public participation, describing detentions near Home Depot, Walmart and other neighborhood locations and saying some workers were shoved and racially profiled.
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