Broadview mayor limits protests around Illinois town’s ICE facility

Broadview mayor signs order limiting protest times outside ICE facility

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson on Monday announced an executive order setting fixed protest hours outside the ICE processing center in the village in Chicago's west suburbs.

Broadview mayor signs order limiting protest times outside ICE facility – CBS2 (Chicago)

Said Mayor Katrina Thompson, "I have repeatedly said that I intend to defend the protesters' constitutionally protected free speech rights. I support their cause. But the repeated clashes with ICE agents in our town are causing enormous disruptions in the quality of life for my residents whose rights I have taken an oath to protect. We live here. Our residents live here and deserve dignity and respect."

Broadview mayor limits hours for protestors outside of ICE facility amid escalating clashes

Demonstrations have led to federal agents firing pepper balls and tear gas as protestors attempt to block access to the immigrant processing facility near Chicago.

Broadview mayor limits protests around Illinois town’s ICE facility

Mayor Katrina Thompson announces executive order limiting protest hours at ICE facility in Broadview to provide relief to the community.

Broadview mayor signs executive order setting fixed protest hours outside ICE facility

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson signed an executive order Monday setting designated protest times outside a federal facility used to process detained immigrants in the west suburb.The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center at 1930 Beach Street has become a hotbed for protests since President Donald Trump’s administration aggressively ramped up his deportation campaign in the Chicago area last month under the name "Operation …

Broadview mayor signs order limiting protest times amid free speech lawsuit against Trump administration

Dozens of protesters and members of the media are suing the US government, alleging that ICE and border agents violated their first amendment rights by using violence and making arrests without legal basis during peaceful protests outside the Broadview processing center. The lawsuit claims that the Trump administration and its officials have brutally cracked down on protesters and the press, and that federal agents are not trained for local poli…