A man – who officials say was in the country illegally and interfering with the work of federal investigators – was taken into custody after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents entered a Montgomery County home.
SkyForce10 was over the home on Ridge Pike and North Barry Avenue in the Trooper section of Lower Providence Township, Pennsylvania, on Monday, Feb. 9 around 10 a.m. as the agents surrounded the house.
A law enforcement source and an ICE spokesperson initially told NBC10’s Deanna Durante they were carrying out an operation at the home.
Roads in the area were closed due to the activity and police vehicles were spotted blocking nearby streets.
The MontCo Community Watch posted about the incident on social media, as well.
Lupe López, who lives at the home, told NBC10 that her cousin – 26-year-old Jose Cordova-López – was the man who the ICE agents took into custody.
Officials told NBC10 that Cordova-López is a citizen of Mexico who entered the United States on Sept. 22, 2021, through the San Ysidro port of entry in California, using a temporary H-2A visa for agricultural workers. That visa was valid until Dec. 19, 2021. Officials said Cordova-López had been in the U.S. illegally since the visa expired.
López said Cordova-López had left the home on Monday around 6 a.m. to head to work and was driving in her mother’s white Jeep. While he was driving, federal agents began following him, surrounded the Jeep and at some point the vehicles collided, according to López. López said her cousin then left the scene.
“He was scared,” López said. “He called my mom.”
According to the criminal complaint, ICE and Border Patrol agents – who had learned about his immigration status – tried to pull Cordova-López over. Cordova-López slowed down but didn’t stop, officials said.
According to the complaint, the agents tried to block Cordova-López’s vehicle with theirs but he accelerated, striking the vehicle of one of the officers before driving home and running inside. His family members disputed this, however.
“They said he hit the car,” a relative told NBC10. “But how can we know this? They made this up.”
Lupe López said ICE agents armed with guns were outside the house by the time her cousin arrived.
This happened, she said, as she was sleeping inside the home. Her two younger brothers, ages 8 and 13, were also inside.
“I literally awoke to people banging the f*** out of my door,” she said.
López said the agents told her that they would arrest her if she left the house and that they were trying to get a warrant to get inside the home. She told NBC10 she wasn’t sure where her cousin was at that point.
“Well, they had told us that when we get out, they’re going to detain us,” López said. “I’m like, ‘He’s not in the house.’ I’m literally in the house recording every part of my house, just recording to show how there are ICE agents at every window that we have.”
López said an ICE agent armed with a “big” rifle then threatened her through the door.
“He was like, ‘I’m going to take you down,'” she recalled. “He said, ‘I’m going to use this. We are going to gas your whole house. If he doesn’t come out, we are going to bust your door open.’ I was like, ‘What are you talking about? You don’t have a warrant.'”
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López shared video she recorded in her bedroom as ICE agents broke through the door.
López said one of the agents was holding a gun as she sat on her bed and kept her in her bedroom as other agents searched the home for her cousin.
The video shows her tearfully questioning why the agents are there and asking them if they have children as they continue to search through the house. One of her younger brothers is also heard crying in the background.
López said the agents eventually took Cordova-López into custody. A crowd of protesters gathered in the neighborhood as the ICE agents led him away in handcuffs.
According to court records obtained by NBC10, Cordova-López was previously arrested for driving under the influence in Lower Providence Township, Pennsylvania, back in August of 2025. He was charged with several misdemeanors in connection to the case which remains active in the court system. His court hearing in connection to those charges is scheduled for March 2, 2026.
Court records also show Cordova-López had a traffic infraction back in 2023 in Philadelphia where he pleaded guilty to failing to carry a driver’s license.
López told NBC10 she currently has her green card and is in the process of getting her U.S. citizenship. She also said her mother has her citizenship and that both of her younger brothers were born in the U.S.
State Rep. Joe Webster took to social media on Monday evening and explained how the community came together to help the impacted family.
Today ICE agents were active in our community and detained a resident of Lower Providence. I was on the scene at 8:30 a.m. along with some very courageous and trained observers. pic.twitter.com/qQFfi07J66
— Rep. Joe Webster (@RepJoeWebster) February 10, 2026