Overview
- Police ended the meeting and escorted chanting demonstrators out after protesters denounced Mayor Katrina Thompson’s handling of ongoing actions outside the ICE site.
- Thompson has criticized federal tactics but imposed a September order confining protests to a designated security zone and to 9 a.m.–6 p.m. hours, citing public safety concerns.
- ICE said in a public statement that the Broadview Processing Center faces violence and illegal activity by agitators and that its operational posture will not change until such activity stops.
- Faith leaders and the CSPL say ICE and DHS denied requests to offer communion to detainees during an All Saints/Day of the Dead service, with organizers estimating roughly 2,000 attendees nearby.
- Some residents defended the mayor at the meeting, arguing that outside protesters jeopardize safety and do not represent Broadview’s community.