Overview

• Illinois State Police and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office established a unified command and installed concrete barriers Thursday night, creating protest zones and a restricted buffer to keep streets open.
• Demonstrations resumed Friday morning with crowds gathering near the facility after weeks of clashes in which federal agents deployed tear gas, pepper balls and baton rounds.
• DHS says Operation Midway Blitz has resulted in more than 800 arrests in the Chicago area since Sept. 8, including five protesters charged after last weekend’s confrontation at the gate.
• Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills accused ICE agents of making false 911 calls, opened three criminal investigations into agent conduct, and cited a pepper ball fired at a CBS reporter’s vehicle.
• Political tensions deepened as Mayor Katrina Thompson rejected National Guard deployment, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons described some demonstrators as violent rioters and noted three arrests of people carrying loaded guns, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker demanded public accountability for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s reported visit.