Anti-ICE protesters were back outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility located near Chicago in Broadview, Illinois, on Friday. Tensions in the metro area are higher since Operation Midway Blitz, the Trump administration’s enhanced crackdown in Chicago, is now fully underway.
Similar to the previous week, the crowd blocked road access to the ICE site, forcing ICE’s Special Response Team and Border Patrol agents to move people away to allow vehicles to leave the scene.
One man allegedly threw a tear gas canister, and another person allegedly bum-rushed the agents arresting the first man.
Among the agitators were Democratic House candidates Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh, who are running to replace outgoing Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Il.) in the 9th congressional district. Biss is the current mayor
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