Noem visits Chicago area ICE facility as agents arrest 13, raid city neighborhoods
Federal agents arrested at least 12 protesters during clashes with demonstrators opposing intensified immigration enforcement at the Broadview ICE facility, officials said.
- On Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, federal agents detained multiple people near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, while Illinois State Police pushed protesters off the roadway.
- As the enforcement surge began in early September, Broadview became a frequent flashpoint as some protesters aimed to block vehicles in recent weeks.
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have repeatedly used tear gas and pepper balls, repelling about a dozen demonstrators on at least four occasions with physical force and rubber bullets.
- Police arrested several people Friday as hundreds gathered outside the Broadview ICE facility, with streets around the site closed and patrolled by riot-equipped Illinois State Police.
- Governor JB Pritzker has publicly denounced federal tactics as 'inhumane' and demanded Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem face public questions about the operation.
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Kristi Noem blames JB Pritzker after she’s refused access to a bathroom during visit to Illinois ICE facility – The Independent
“This is a public building. The Village of Broadview receives at least $1 million in federal funding every year. This is how JB Pritzker and his cronies treat our law enforcement. Absolutely shameful.”
Protesters rally at ICE facility in Broadview amid growing tensions
BROADVIEW, Ill. (WGN) — A protest has wrapped up outside the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing center in suburban Broadview Saturday evening. The demonstration began at 4 p.m., and over 100 people gathered. Protesters shouted at federal agents as they entered and exited the facility, moving through barricades that were set up last week. Trump administration to federalize 300 Illinois National Guard members, Pritzker says…


Noem blames JB Pritzker after she’s refused access to public bathroom near Chicago
Video showed Noem and her team approaching the Village of Broadview Municipal Building, located in a suburb of Chicago, but being loudly refused by the staff inside
Kristi Noem, secretary of national security, denounced how she and her team were prevented from using the bathrooms of a government building in Illinois.
Illinois City Hall Building Security Denied Bathroom Access to DHS Secretary Noem
Noem noted that the Village of Broadview “receives at least $1 million in federal funding every year.” The post Illinois City Hall Building Security Denied Bathroom Access to DHS Secretary Noem first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.


DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Says She Was Denied Entry Into Municipal Building For Bathroom Break, Slams Dem Officials
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said officials blocked her and her team from entering an Illinois municipal building Friday for a bathroom break.
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