sat . BREAKING: U.S. Citizen Allegedly Assaulted by Rogue Immigration Agents in Chilling Encounter: “No One Is Going to Help You”

Dayanne Figueroa, a U.S.-born paralegal on her way to work in Illinois, wasn’t crossing a border. She wasn’t committing a crime. She wasn’t “an agitator.” She was driving to her job when locals began honking to warn that immigration agents were swarming the area.
Moments later, an unmarked SUV swerved into her car and slammed into the driver’s side. Guns came out. Masked men poured from the vehicle. Figueroa was dragged out by her shoulders, thrown to the pavement, and handcuffed while begging them to identify themselves.
Her crime? Being in the wrong place while brown.
This is what Trump’s immigration crackdown looks like on the ground. But it gets even worse.
Shoved into a red van between two trembling Hispanic men, Figueroa told agents she was a U.S. citizen. The response was chilling. A supervisor locked eyes with her in the mirror and sneered, “No one is going to help you. You’re all criminals.”
That’s not law enforcement. That’s terror.
As she sat there, a masked agent — young, brown-skinned, Spanish-speaking — photographed their faces like trophies. His name was hidden. His badge was obscured. And for Figueroa, the betrayal cut deepest. To be brutalized by someone who shares her language and heritage, she said, was “disgusting” beyond words.
A video of the incident exploded online. So did the government’s lies.
DHS rushed out statements branding her an “agitator” who “assaulted a federal agent,” claiming she rammed their vehicle. She was held for four hours. No charges. Not one. But the damage was done. Smears spread. Threats followed.
Figueroa had recently undergone kidney surgery. After her detention, she was hospitalized with bruises and a painful infection she believes was caused by the conditions in custody.
And still — no apology. No accountability.
She knows exactly why this happened. If she were white, she says, she wouldn’t have been written off as violent before anyone asked a single question. That’s the reality of an enforcement regime where masks hide faces, names are concealed, and guns come out before explanations do.
“I love my country,” Figueroa said. “And I love my roots.” She shouldn’t have to choose between them.
This didn’t happen at a border. It happened on an American street to an American citizen. And if we let it get swept under the rug, it won’t be the last time.
Because when the government treats people like criminals first and citizens never, no one is truly safe.
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