Oak Park attorney detained by ICE outside elementary school
Oct 20, 2025·Location: Oak Park, IL

An Oak Park civil litigation attorney was arrested by ICE agents outside his child's elementary school on Monday morning. The attorney was detained after following an ICE van and honking his horn and blowing a whistle, which he said was to identify the unmarked vehicle. He was charged with impeding federal agents and held for approximately one hour before being released near the school.
Sources
- Oak Park attorney detained by ICE outside elementary school - Wednesday Journal
oakpark.com·Oct 21, 2025·archived copy
- Paul Ivery Archives - Wednesday Journal
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- Muñoz, OP township trustee, detained and released by ICE - Wednesday Journal
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