Federal agents pointed a gun at state Rep. Hoan Huynh in Albany Park on Tuesday afternoon after blocking his vehicle in and holding phones up to the windows, according to a statement from his office.
“My staff is a little shaken up, but we’re OK,” Huynh told the Sun-Times.
Huynh had been informing local businesses of their rights regarding the use of their property by federal agents when he and his staffers were alerted to the presence of federal agents nearby, the statement said. He and the staffers drove to Montrose and Kimball avenues to warn others of the federal agents by honking and yelling when six agents in two vehicles blocked Huynh’s vehicle from the front and back.
Huynh said one of the agents pointed a weapon into the open passenger window and demanded they identify themselves as another agent threatened to break another window. He said he didn’t immediately take his phone out to record the incident fearing the agent would think he was reaching for a weapon and open fire.
In video taken by one of Huynh’s staffers that was shared with the Sun-Times, Huynh can be heard identifying himself and noting the agent had been pointing a weapon as several masked agents in tactical gear move away from Huynh’s car as the camera turns to capture them. An agent circles Huynh’s car, filming the occupants inside. When the lead car of agents, a charcoal gray Kia minivan, moves, Huynh’s staffer follows it north on Kimball Avenue and west onto Montrose Avenue before the video ends.
“I never would have imagined in 2025, we would be living in an authoritarian regime in the United States,” Huynh said. “Once my colleague pulled out his camera, the agent put away the gun. … [But] if they can do this in broad daylight to an elected official, and point a gun at someone, imagine what’s happening behind closed doors.”
State rep. Hoan Huynh shared video of agents surrounding his vehicle/stopping him + staffers shortly after he said one agent pointed a gun inside his vehicle at him while another threatened to break a window. They were following feds in Albany Park after four people were reportedly taken.
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After following the vehicles for another minute, he said agents once again got out of their vehicles and blocked his car while putting their hands on their sidearms before driving away.
The Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Huynh said the agent pulling a gun was intended to “silence” rapid responders and others trying to alert community members to the presence of federal agents, but he said it didn’t deter him and his staff from continuing to do so. He said his staff believes that at least four people were taken in the area Tuesday.
The incident involving Huynh comes the same day Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26) filed a federal tort claim after she was handcuffed by federal agents in a Humboldt Park hospital emergency room Oct. 3 while attempting to see a constituent whose leg was severely injured during an immigration raid.
Huynh, who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Vietnam, noted that the state Legislature was working on legislation to ban federal agents from wearing masks in public and stop them from operating on school grounds, among other places. Earlier in the day, an employee with a Chicago Public Schools vendor was detained by federal agents outside a North Side school.
“We’re going to go down to Springfield next week,” he said. “It’s horrific that they’re entering places where folks feel are safe places. … [But] we have to stay strong, we cannot waver. Our job is to protect our neighbors.”