<p>State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid said his office is investigating whether state laws were broken after a person was detained by ICE agents Wednesday at the Bridgeview Courthouse, according to a statement from his office.</p><p>Last year, then-Cook County Circuit Chief Judge Timothy Evans signed an order <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/top-cook-county-judge-bars-civil-arrests-at-courthouses-citing-chilling-effect" target="_blank" ><u>barring the civil arrest</u></a> in and around county courthouses, though judicial warrants can still be carried out. It’s backed by a state law signed in December banning federal agents from conducting civil arrests at state courthouses and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle also signed an executive order <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/16/preckwinkle-issues-executive-order-to-create-ice-free-zones-in-cook-county" target="_blank" ><u>prohibiting feds from staging on county property</u></a> as <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/06/mayor-brandon-johnson-executive-order-city-owned-properties-ice-free-zones" target="_blank" ><u>Chicago</u></a> and others did the same.</p><p>On Wednesday, the Cook County sheriff’s office said a man ran into the courthouse and through security and was stopped by court deputies before ICE agents entered the courthouse and handcuffed the man.