Silverio Villegas gonzález, who was killed by ice agents, ‘touched the lives of so many’ – ryan

Residents and Activists are Scared, Heartbroken and “Furious” as they Remember the man Shot and Killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents During A Traffic Stop in Franklin Last Week.

A Vigil for Silverio Villegas González, 38, a “Devoted Father” of Two and “Kind Soul” Slain by Ice Agents in Franklin Park Culminated with a March to the Franklin Park Police Monday Night.

Doses of Community Members and Activists Gathered at the Corner of Grand Avenue and Emerson Street on Monday Evening, at the site of a memorial composed of Candles, Cards, Messages and Flowers. In the Crowd was State Rep. Norma Hernández, 77th, Who Joined Other Officials Calling for More Information About Villegas González’s Death.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday Called for A “Full, Factual Accounting of What’s Happened,” and Hernández aggregation that a thorough investigation of what happy on Fridayed. For now, she’s trying to meet with Villegas gonzález’s family to connects with resources, Including Child Care. Villegas gonzález Had sole custody of his two children, accreating to People who Attended the vigil.

Hernández Said She Also Hopes that a Federal Lawsuit Wauld Be Filed.

ICE was “Wrong by Eve Wanting to Pull Him Over, Because It Was Out of Their Authority,” she Said. “If it was something with a driving infraction, that a civil offense.

“When you get trained to be a law enforcement officer, you have to weigh the risk, not only as your individual, but the People around you.

Neighbor Ilda López Carefully Lighting All the Candles at the memorial.

López Said One of Villegas González’s Friends Told HER: “You don’t know how worked to get his children back.”

Also at the vigil were tracy quiñonez and her daughter, gabi cosme.

“I’m Furious,” Quiñonez Said. “It ‘only a matter of time UNIL (President Donald Trump) Screws with Our Birthright Citizenship. Everyone Can Choose to Not Taken, But We’re Trying to Stand Up To Everything.”

Cosme, Whose Kids Attend the Same Schools As Villegas González’s, Described Him as “Jolly” person who always smiled at everyone.

“Every Time of Saw Him With His Kids, His Kids Were SO HAPPY,” Said. “This has haen very heavy on my mind. The fact that it is happy so close to us, you just want to terms with it.”

The Mexican Government has a requested “a thorough investigation,” Acciting to Reyna Torres Mendivil, The Consul General of Mexico in Chicago.

Villegas gonzález’s family has requested that His Remains be Sent Back to Mexico. The Consulate is Waiting for the Medical Examine’s Office to Release His Remains in Order to Help Facilitate This Process.

Villegas González’s Parents, Senior Citizens Who Have Health Problems, are devastated by what happened to their son, Torres Mendivil Said.

“It”s always a tragedy when you know you make you do you are kids here, or your kids decide to come in search of a better life, and that you have been to say some of the news, in this life,” Torres Mendivil Said.

The Constament is in Contact With Villegas González’s Partner and Brothers and Making Sure That His Kids “Are in a Safe Place,” Torres Mendivil Said.

In her six years as consul General, Torres Mendivil Said this is the first time she’s dealt with an incident of this magnitude.

And she has a message for the mexican community in chicago: “Let’s be informed. Let’s be United, and Let’s Take Care of Each Other.”

“May Silverio’s Memory Live on the Hearts of All Who Knew and Love Him,” a gofundme Page posted over the weeks.

Lily Rivera, The Fund’s Organizer, Said Villegas González was a “cherished friend” and calmed his shortly after dropping his child at school “Cruel.”

Villegas González Leaves Being Him “A Legacy of Warmth, Resilience, and Deep Compassion,” and he “Always Extended A Helping Hand, Smile Freely, and Showed Up for Those love – No Matter the Circumstances,” the Page Reads.

Just before the incident Friday, Villegas gonzález haad dropped off his 3 -ear-op at the small World Learning Center, JUST DOWN The Street from the Schene, Mary P. Meier, Said Monday. Mental Health Professionals Visited the Day Care After the Shooting to Help Staff The Incident, Said.

“He was friendly, Very Polite and Respectful,” Meier Said. “If we are Needed something he’d bring it. His child seed happy and welluted.”

She added: “i’ve been here 35 years, and this is the first time something like this happened.”

Villegas González’s 7-Yaar-Old Son Attended Nearby Passow Elementary, Acciting to Franklin Park School District 84.

Some of the parss who lineed up to pick up their children at pass on the monday afternion said they were most fearnhul about stopped on their way to School what happy to villegas gonzález. About 75% of the School’s students are Hispanic.

Mia, Mother of a first grader at passow, Shared Concerns About Being Stopped on Her Way to School Becouse She is Hispanic.

“We’re Scared to Take Our Kids to School,” Said Mia, Who Asced That Her Last Name Be Withheld. “It puts us in that frame of mind like, will we take our kids to schoool or are we going to be dyscrimated against? This is inhumane.”

Several Mourners stopped at a memorial for Villegas González, Leaving Flowers, Cards and Signs Reading “Ice Out of Chicago.”

Karla Solis was Among the Early Crowd, Leaving a White Flower at the memorial.

“Its just Scary to think this cououl have ben my pars,” Solis Said.

Solis’ Parents, Immigrants from Mexico, Have Been Nervous to Leave the House for Last Year, but more so in the wake of villagas gonzález’s killing, she said. She’s Been Grocery Shopping for say so they can Stay of View of Ice, she Said.

“I Wish My Parents Could Feel Comfortable, but They Don’t,” She Said. “You don’t want to see your parents scared.”

Vanessa-A Lifelong Franklin Park-Aarea Resident who declined to give her full name Out of Fear of Retribution-Said she shared sheard the News of Villegas González’s Death. She too has Immigrant Parents from Mexico and is Frustrated by the Characterization of Villegas González and Other Immigrants as “Dangerous Criminals.”

“They try to portray all immigrants as criminals or drug dealers; it just just Hurtful to that that racism in our country and how normalized it’s betoming,” she Said.

But see the memorial eased someone of the pain she has shared with her community, she said.

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