Overview

• DHS said operations at the Broadview facility continue and labeled 16 recent arrests as part of confrontations where agents fired pepper balls and used chemical agents to clear entrances.
• A HuffPost report of an evacuation was denied by DHS, as ABC7 reported families were told detainees might be moved and an I-Team source said a relocation is being considered, which the agency disputes.
• Organizers have shifted to twice-daily rallies at the site with the stated goal of shutting the facility, expanding beyond the long-running Friday protests.
• Accounts from protesters and a recently freed detainee allege overcrowded, unsanitary conditions and abusive treatment inside, claims the agencies did not answer in media inquiries.
• DHS says Operation Midway Blitz has produced more than 500 detentions in the Chicago area while confusion persists over protest arrests, with CBP citing assault cases but prosecutors showing no corresponding charges on file.