Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez was briefly handcuffed after refusing to leave a meeting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Chicago on Monday, saying he planned to risk arrest by staying at the agency’s office in The Loop until he received the answers he sought.

Beginning at 10 a.m., the meeting included about 22 advocates, attorneys, community leaders and other local elected officials, according to Gutierrez's director of communications Douglas Rivlin. 

“They were asking about specific cases and about the general conduct of ICE and deportations,” Rivlin said at a news conference Monday afternoon. “The congressman has decided that he did not get the answers he was looking for from the ICE regional director and he’s going to be staying inside until he gets answers, even if that means risking arrest.”