According to a New York Post report, Chicago police officers racing to help federal agents under attack by an anti-ICE mob were ordered to stand down, according to dispatch audio and internal messages obtained Sunday.
The Department of Homeland Security said a team of agents was “attacked and rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars” while conducting a patrol on the city’s South Side Saturday. The agents were about 15 miles from the ongoing protests outside the ICE processing center in Broadview when the assault began.
When the agents tried to escape their vehicle, a woman armed with a semi-automatic weapon allegedly attempted to run them down before being shot by police.
Local officers initially prepared to assist the agents — until orders came from the top.
“Younger male Hispanic wearing all black … wanted for the hit-and-run, this guy fled from the scene,” a female dispatcher blares in response to a call for help from the surrounded ICE agents on audio shared by ExxAlerts.
“When the offending vehicle crashed, they ran the federal agent off the road, they fled on foot westbound.”
A male voice then comes on the radio channel, telling the dispatcher to direct officers to head to the scene and “stay put” a few blocks away and await further instruction, which she relays.
A few seconds later, the male voice is heard again, saying tersely: “Per the chief of patrol: Clear everybody out, we’re not responding over there.”
The female dispatcher then tells officers on the way to the distress call, “per the chief of patrol, all units clear out from there, we’re not sending anybody out to that location.”
Fox News’ Bill Melugin shared more information on X over the weekend.
NEW: Multiple law enforcement sources confirm to @FoxNews that Chicago police officers were instructed by their Chief of Patrol to NOT respond to Border Patrol agents call for help yesterday after they were reportedly surrounded by a large crowd of protesters following a ramming… pic.twitter.com/ipPl22Ya3I
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 5, 2025
The Fraternal Order of Police condemned the directive, calling it a betrayal of the badge. “Details are still emerging, but it appears that officers from the Chicago Police Department were ordered not to assist a group of ICE agents while they were physically threatened by what appeared to be an angry mob,” said National FOP President Patrick Yoes. “Let me be clear: when an officer calls for assistance, you answer — no matter what.”
More over at The New York Post:
Chicago police ordered to ignore border patrol agents’ plea for help while surrounded by angry mob of protesters https://t.co/sCtqNxZQ0a pic.twitter.com/ZvVIZQZsuW
— New York Post (@nypost) October 5, 2025