Federal immigration agents attacked while trying to arrest man in Bolingbrook, police say

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (WLS) -- Federal immigration agents say they were attacked in the south suburbs on Sunday morning.

Bolingbrook police said officers responded to the 100-block of Williamsburg Lane for a reported battery just before 10 a.m.

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The agents told officers that they were trying to arrest a 46-year-old man in a parking lot when two people approached and started hitting them.

The man and the two alleged attackers, females of unknown ages, ran away and into a nearby home.

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No one was arrested, and the agents declined medical attention.

The Department of Homeland Security said the man they were trying to detain had previous arrests for domestic battery.

"ICE and our federal law enforcement partners will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," DHS said.