Civil emergency declared in Broadview, Illinois following violent ICE clashes
The suburban Illinois village of Broadview is under a civil emergency order after weeks of escalating protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations culminated in violent clashes and threats against local officials.
BROADVIEW, Ill. (WGN) — Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson issued an executive order limiting protest hours outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in the village. The executive order limits protests to a designated area only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily. The executive order…
BROADVIEW, Ill. — Broadview police are conducting three criminal investigations into actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at their facility in the western suburb. Mayor Katrina Thompson held a press conference Tuesday, along with other Broadview officials and mayors of several other communities, to call on ICE to…
BROADVIEW, Ill. (WGN) — The ICE processing center in west suburban Broadview has been the scene of more protests and arrests this weekend, and the U.S. Border Patrol has now taken over security of the facility from ICE. Meanwhile, Village of Broadview officials accuse ICE of trying to intimidate them…