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Broadview ICE Clashes Escalate as DHS Says 11 Arrested, Guns Seized

Local police have opened a criminal probe into a CBS reporter’s account of a chemical round striking her car outside the ICE site.

Federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection walk along West Wacker Drive in the Loop, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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The Rev. Carmelo Mendez, center, walks in a procession for migrants from St. Oscar Romero in the New City neighborhood to St. Rita of Cascia in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood as part of an observance of National Migration Week by the Archdiocese of Chicago on Sept. 24, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Federal agents march along North Clark Street by the Newberry Library in Chicago’s Gold Coast on Sept. 28, 2025, as part of an immigration blitz show of force. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Overview

  • DHS reported 11 arrests outside the Broadview facility and said two guns were confiscated, with an apparent explosive device under investigation.
  • CBS Chicago’s Asal Rezaei said a masked agent fired a pepper ball that hit her vehicle when no protest was present, prompting a Broadview Police investigation.
  • Journalist Steve Held of Unraveled Press was detained during Saturday’s confrontation and later released, as other reporters described being hit by chemical munitions.
  • U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino led operations at the Broadview site and agents were later seen patrolling downtown Chicago, where at least one arrest was observed.
  • Broadview officials accused ICE of threatening a “s*** show” and expanded enforcement, a claim DHS called fabricated, as leaders pressed for oversight of Operation Midway Blitz.