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Broadview Narrows Protest Zone Outside ICE Facility as Judge Orders Fence Removed

Officials cite public safety concerns after weekend clashes during curfew enforcement.

Overview

  • Mayor Katrina Thompson signed a new executive order closing the protest area at 2000 S. 25th Ave., leaving a roughly 4,000-square-foot zone on Beach Street as the permitted assembly site under the existing 9 a.m.–6 p.m. curfew.
  • Illinois State Police said protest-area decisions are made by a unified command that includes Broadview officials and oversees security outside the facility.
  • On Saturday, a Sun-Times reporter observed state and county officers pushing crowds toward 25th Avenue and making multiple arrests after some protesters crossed the designated barrier.
  • Federal agents used tear gas and rubber bullets when demonstrators tried to block ICE vehicles, according to reporting cited by La Nacion.
  • A federal judge, LaShonda A. Hunt, ordered removal of an ICE-erected fence found to violate local safety codes and permitting rules, and crews took it down Tuesday night, with its status not yet clear.