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DHS Reports 11 Arrests, Weapons Seized as Broadview ICE Protests Escalate in Chicago

Local officials warn federal tactics are endangering residents.

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)
Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, was one of the three detainees killed or wounded in the Sept. 24 attack at Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office shooting. Garcia, who is now in critical condition, is expecting his fifth child with his wife, Stephany Gauffeny.
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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)

Overview

  • Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills opened a criminal investigation after chemical agents were fired from the direction of federal officers toward a CBS reporter’s vehicle.
  • The Department of Homeland Security said 11 people were arrested outside the Broadview processing center and that two guns were seized, with an inquiry underway into a possible explosive device.
  • Journalists reported detentions and injuries during the clashes, and the National Lawyers Guild said at least 28 people have been detained since Sept. 19, with five still in federal custody Sunday.
  • Senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino was seen directing operations at Broadview and later joined a show of force downtown, where dozens of armed agents patrolled and made several detentions.
  • Broadview officials say ICE warned of a “sh*t show” and renewed use of chemical agents and installed an unpermitted fence, claims DHS disputes as it defends the deployments against criticism from Illinois leaders.