Politics & Government
Elected Officials, Family Of Skokie Woman Detained At O'Hare Call For Transparency
Dozens of people showed up outside the Broadview detention facility on Friday night, pleading for the U.S. citizen's release.
March 8, 2026 / 5:47 PM CDT
Elected officials on Sunday are calling for transparency and accountability from the federal government after they said a U.S. citizen from Skokie, Illinois, was detained at O'Hare Airport.
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Sunny Naqvi, 28, was on a work trip with five other employees and just returned from Turkey to O'Hare. They said when they got off their flight, all six of them were detained by federal agents and held at the airport for 30 hours before being brought here to the Broadview detention center.
Dozens of people showed up outside the Broadview detention facility on Friday night, pleading with law enforcement and federal agents to release Naqvi.
