Overview

• Reporters documented agents deploying tear gas canisters and firing pepper balls around 8:30 a.m. as protesters blocked vans at the Broadview processing site, with at least two people detained and ICE later saying three were arrested.
• ICE and DHS said a group they called rioters assaulted officers, slashed car tires, trespassed and obstructed operations, and the agencies criticized local police for not assisting.
• Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton appeared before the dispersal and condemned the tactics, and Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss and congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh said they were shoved or teargassed while asserting the protest was peaceful.
• Families seeking detainees continued arriving at the facility but reported being turned away, with advocates citing a roughly 72‑hour lag in ICE’s online locator and rapid transfers or removals that complicate legal access.
• Operation Midway Blitz has produced more than 400 arrests, according to ICE ERO’s acting chief in an interview cited by CNN, even as an NBC 5 Investigates review found many people identified as arrested lacked readily identifiable local conviction records.