ELGIN, Ill. — An undocumented father of four was removed from a home in Elgin on Tuesday after federal agents raided the home in search of a different man charged with attempted murder and wanted for violating his parole.
The U.S. Marshals’ Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force arrived early in the morning at the home in Elgin, looking for 26-year-old Jose Ramos.
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Ramos was wanted for a parole violation for aggravated battery with a firearm and charged with attempted first-degree murder. Family members said Ramos has not lived at the home for months.
Doorbell video shows family members outside in handcuffs as the task force searched the house.
Agents did not find Ramos, but they did encounter 44-year-old Raul Lopez, a father of four who was living in the country illegally.
A task force spokesman told WGN-TV that ICE was part of the team and removed Lopez from the house after finding him hiding in the attic.
“We were just asking them ‘Where are you taking him,” Lopez’s daughter Bethzy said.
Bethzy, who is 18 years old, said her father is a roofer who was working to put her through nursing school.
“His whole life he was just working, telling us that he just wants what’s best to work for us, give us everything he can so we can be good,” Bethzy said. “Not everyone is bad, some people do try to come here just to give their kids a better life.”
Bethzy said she fears what is ahead.
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“I’m just scared, I’m worried about him, I don’t know how he’s doing, I worry about my family too, like what’s going to happen, what are we going to do,” Bethzy said.
While the Kane County Sheriff’s Office was not involved in the operation, they said they understand the fear that exists on both sides of the door.
“It’s fight or flight for them right now. We don’t know what is going to happen. Are they armed? Are they not? They’re fighting for their life right now to remain where they’re at and with their families,” Kane County Undersheriff Amy Johnson said.
According to Bethzy, her family is still trying to figure out where Raul is.
WGN-TV has reached out to ICE for more information but has yet to hear back.
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