US EditionFederal agents fire chemicals as protesters try to block car at immigration site outside Chicago
Federal agents fired tear gas and pepper balls to disperse over 200 protesters opposing immigration enforcement amid a 1,000% rise in assaults against ICE personnel, officials said.
- Federal agents in Broadview deployed chemical munitions on Friday, firing pepper balls and tear gas during hours-long clashes outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center.
- Operation Midway Blitz intensified enforcement earlier this month, designating Broadview processing center as a hub targeted by protesters blocking roads and prompting ICE to install security fencing.
- More than 200 protesters gathered near the gate while agents' pepper balls and tear gas dispersed dozens, striking Bushra Amiwala, 27, elected member of the Skokie Board of Education, causing breathing trouble.
- Broadview Police Department opened investigations after a pepper ball struck a reporter, Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson demanded removal of an illegal fence, and officials reported 17 arrests with one firearm confiscated Friday.
- Advocates warn the facility operates like a detention center with limited amenities, while 70 percent of ICE detainees — 58,766 as of September 7, 2025 — lack criminal convictions and nearly 17,000 non-ERO agents assist ICE.
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‘I couldn’t breathe’: ICE agents fire tear gas at peaceful protesters in Chicago suburb
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents used tear gas, pepper balls, and rubber bullets against protesters gathering outside an immigration detention centre in the Chicago suburb of Broadview on September 26. Observers who attended the protest described ICE's tactics as a violent infringement on freedom of expression.
Conservative Review
The BlazeBorder Patrol squashes anti-ICE blockade outside ICE facility in Illinois
BROADVIEW, Ill. — U.S. Border Patrol agents, under Commander at Large Gregory Bovino, dispersed protesters who were blocking the road that leads to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building near Chicago on Saturday.The processing facility in Broadview has been heavily targeted in recent weeks by anti-ICE protesters in response to President Donald Trump ordering Operation Midway Blitz for the Chicago area. Until this past week, crowds…
ICE agents brutalize protesters, retaliate against Broadview, Illinois
The arrival of ICE was met with protest and anger that is growing, at both the Trump administration’s violations of the most basic democratic and social rights and the inaction of the Democratic Party.
The Epoch Times
The Political InsiderProtesters Clash With Federal Agents Outside Illinois ICE Facility
Tensions flared on Sept. 26 outside an ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, as protesters clashed with federal agents during riots against the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News that law enforcement made 17 arrests during the morning of the protest in Broadview and that more arrests could occur. More than 200 protesters gathered near the gate in front of the…
Anti-ICE Activists in Illinois Get Schooled Hard – Broadview Blockade Backfires Big Time – Defiant America
The left’s clown show hit a new low Friday outside the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois, where about 100 screaming anti-ICE radicals tried to play human barricade against federal agents doing their job—deporting the criminal hordes that Biden-Harris let flood in. Chanting “I believe that we will win!” and “Whose streets? Our streets!” like it’s 2020 all over again, they swarmed a departing ICE van, banging on it and hanging off like deranged m…
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