WGN-TV employee Debbie Brockman detained by Border Patrol agents at Lincoln, Foster avenues in Lincoln Square, Chicago: Video

CHICAGO — WGN-TV released a statement Friday after a video appeared to show one of their employees being detained by federal agents in Chicago.

The woman, who identified herself as Debbie Brockman, was taken into custody Friday morning near Lincoln and Foster avenues in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, video showed.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said U.S. Border Patrol agents were working in the area when Brockman allegedly threw objects at their vehicle.

WGN-TV released the following statement:
“WGN-TV is aware of the situation involving ICE and an employee in the station’s creative services department, which is separate from the WGN News department. This remains an evolving situation, and we are actively gathering the facts related to it.”

No further information was immediately available.

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