Feds charge two women with assaulting federal agents during Chicago immigration raid

Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune on Aug 26, 2025

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CHICAGO — Two Chicago women are facing federal assault charges stemming from a scuffle with agents during an immigration enforcement action on the West Side over the weekend.

The charges against Joshalin Rivera, 26, and Daishalie Urdiales, 24, are believed to be the first such case lodged in U.S. District Court against Chicago residents since the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration began earlier this year.

Both Rivera and Urdiales were charged in a criminal complaint made public Tuesday with one count of assaulting a federal employee during the performance of official duties.

At an initial appearance in court Monday, federal prosecutors moved to have both women detained pending trial. But U.S. Magistrate Judge Young Kim denied the motion and ordered both released on an unsecured bond instead, court records show.

Lawyers for the women declined to comment Tuesday.

According to the complaint, agents with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies were “conducting an enforcement operation” in the 5500 block of West Jackson Boulevard on Sunday morning when bystanders began to gather near the rear entrance of an apartment building.

Urdiales entered an upstairs residence where officers were standing and asked them if they had warrants for the individuals who were being detained, according to the complaint. She then left and stood on the rear steps with Rivera, who shouted at one officer: “I hope your kid dies a (expletive) miserable death,” according to the complaint.

Rivera’s remarks, which were captured on an audio recording, also included threats to shoot the officers, the complaint alleged. “They lucky I ain’t got my (expletive) on me. I’d pop both of they ass … pop them right in their (expletive) face,” Rivera allegedly stated.

According to the complaint, Rivera could be heard stating: “I’m busting all their (expletive) windows.” One of the officers who was inside the apartment then heard glass breaking on the street below and saw that the windows of his unmarked government vehicle had been shattered by a brick, the complaint alleged.

The officer “announced himself as police and asked the bystanders who had broken his windows; two of them pointed in the direction of Rivera,” the complaint stated.

When Rivera ran around the corner, Urdiales “tried to physically prevent” the officer from getting to her, pushing the officer and pulling his gun magazine from his chest and throwing it to the ground, the complaint alleged.

Rivera, meanwhile, allegedly scuffled with another officer who heard her colleague’s calls for help over the radio. The complaint alleged Rivera “reached and grabbed” into that officer’s vest “in the direction of her firearm.”

After their arrest, Urdiales told officers she did not know Rivera and was simply trying to tell them it wasn’t her who threw the brick, the complaint stated.

Public records show Rivera and Urdiales share an apartment in the 3100 block of West Walton Street, in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

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