Curtis Evans, of Evanston, carries a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. Evans said he was a Marine during President Ronald Reagan’s term. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Federal officers clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)![Federal officers clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration...]()
Federal officers clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)![Milagros Pelayo, 22, of Elgin, and her sister Yessenia Pelayo,...]()
Milagros Pelayo, 22, of Elgin, and her sister Yessenia Pelayo, 16, holds a sign that says “Free our Families, our People!!” during a protests outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. The siblings were hoping to see their father, Rosario Pelayo, who was detained earlier in the week. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)![Protesters scuffle with federal officers as an ICE vehicle enters...]()
Protesters scuffle with federal officers as an ICE vehicle enters the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)![Federal officers confront protesters on Sept. 19, 2025, by the...]()
Federal officers confront protesters on Sept. 19, 2025, by the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)![Federal officers clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration...]()
Federal officers clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)![Federal agents stand on the roof of the Broadview Immigration and...]()
Federal agents stand on the roof of the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and watch protesters below on Sept. 19, 2025, in Broadview. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)![Protesters lock arms as they try to block ICE vehicles...]()
Protesters lock arms as they try to block ICE vehicles from entering or exiting outside of the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sept. 19, 2025, in Broadview. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)![A protester holds a sign as a vehicle exits the Broadview...]()
A protester holds a sign as a vehicle exits the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sept. 19, 2025, in Broadview. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)![Federal officers take a rooftop position as they clear protesters...]()
Federal officers take a rooftop position as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)![A protester is knocked over as federal officers clear ICE...]()
A protester is knocked over as federal officers clear ICE protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility as vans leave the Broadview facility on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)![A protester yells at federal agents as the officers attempt...]()
A protester yells at federal agents as the officers attempt to clear a path for their vehicles to enter and exit the ICE facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![A protester yells “Shame!” at federal agents during a protest...]()
A protester yells “Shame!” at federal agents during a protest at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![A federal agent forcefully moves a seated protester away from...]()
A federal agent forcefully moves a seated protester away from a vehicle entrance gate as a van leaves the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Protester Matthew Skolnik, of the Uptown neighborhood, holds an American...]()
Protester Matthew Skolnik, of the Uptown neighborhood, holds an American flag while standing face to face with federal agents during a protest at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Federal agents attempt to keep protesters back after vehicles enter...]()
Federal agents attempt to keep protesters back after vehicles enter and exit the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Federal agents on the roof monitor protesters with a drone...]()
Federal agents on the roof monitor protesters with a drone during a protest at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Bernadette Arellano, of the Logan Square neighborhood, yells at federal...]()
Bernadette Arellano, of the Logan Square neighborhood, yells at federal agents during a protest at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![A federal agent watches from the roof while demonstrators scream...]()
A federal agent watches from the roof while demonstrators scream during a protest at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![A federal agent shoves protester Scott Spear, of the Uptown...]()
A federal agent shoves protester Scott Spear, of the Uptown neighborhood, while agents attempted to keep protesters back so that vehicles could enter and exit the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Federal agents emerge from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility...]()
Federal agents emerge from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview to push back protesters to allow vehicles to enter the facility on Sept. 12, 2025. One agent fired a nonlethal pepper ball into the crowd. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Vehicles with federal agents drive close to protesters attempting to...]()
Vehicles with federal agents drive close to protesters attempting to block their path to the Broadview ICE processing facility on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Federal agents head back into to the Immigration and Customs...]()
Federal agents head back into to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview after they cleared a path for vehicles to enter and exit the facility on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Federal agents prepare to clear a path for vehicles entering...]()
Federal agents prepare to clear a path for vehicles entering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview during a protest on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Protesters and activists shout down federal agents while vans enter...]()
Protesters and activists shout down federal agents while vans enter the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Protesters stand face to face with federal agents at the...]()
Protesters stand face to face with federal agents at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Protesters yell at federal agents while they clear a path...]()
Protesters yell at federal agents while they clear a path for vehicles to enter the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Protesters and activists shout down federal agents while vans enter...]()
Protesters and activists shout down federal agents while vans enter the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview to protest on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Protesters and activists shout down federal agents while vans enter...]()
Protesters and activists shout down federal agents while vans enter the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview to protest on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)![Sandy Roelofs, general manager of New to You Upscale Resale...]()
Sandy Roelofs, general manager of New to You Upscale Resale in Broadview, delivers blankets to a federal agent at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 9, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![A federal agent escorts a detainee into the Immigration and...]()
A federal agent escorts a detainee into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 9, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![Federal agents clean off markings left by protesters on signs...]()
Federal agents clean off markings left by protesters on signs at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![Federal agents clean markings left by protesters off of the...]()
Federal agents clean markings left by protesters off of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![A detainee is brought into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement...]()
A detainee is brought into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 9, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![Protesters and activists sit in front of a federal agent’s...]()
Protesters and activists sit in front of a federal agent’s car to prevent it from entering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![Protesters and activists sing and chant with a drum circle...]()
Protesters and activists sing and chant with a drum circle while protesting outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![Protesters and activists join hands and sing “We Shall Overcome”...]()
Protesters and activists join hands and sing “We Shall Overcome” outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![A federal agent drives off after being blocked by protesters...]()
A federal agent drives off after being blocked by protesters while trying to enter the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![Protesters and activists sit in front of a gate to...]()
Protesters and activists sit in front of a gate to prevent vehicles from entering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![Protesters and activists sit and join hands in front of...]()
Protesters and activists sit and join hands in front of a federal agent’s car to prevent it from entering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![Protesters and activists sit and join hands in front of...]()
Protesters and activists sit and join hands in front of a federal agent’s car to prevent it from entering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![Broadview police watch and ask protestors to move as protesters...]()
Broadview police watch and ask protestors to move as protesters and activists sit and join hands in front of a federal agent’s car to prevent it from entering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![A federal agent enters an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility...]()
A federal agent enters an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview while protesters and activists shout on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![A protester, who declined to be named, leads others in...]()
A protester, who declined to be named, leads others in a chant outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)![Joaquín Martínez of Des Plaines flies an “Our Lady of...]()
Joaquín Martínez of Des Plaines flies an “Our Lady of Guadalupe” flag after praying the rosary with a prayer group that met during a protest on Sept. 5, 2025, at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview. The group has been meeting at the facility every Friday since 2006 and praying for the immigrants that are held inside. Martínez has been attending for 18 years. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)
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Curtis Evans, of Evanston, carries a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. Evans said he was a Marine during President Ronald Reagan’s term. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
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By Caroline Kubzansky | ckubzansky@chicagotribune.com | Chicago Tribune and Rebecca Johnson | rjohnson@chicagotribune.com | Chicago Tribune
UPDATED:
Federal agents hurled tear gas and pepper spray into a crowd of about 100 protesters who attempted to block vans from entering and exiting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview Friday morning.
Protesters flocked to the west suburban building, which had its windows and doors boarded up, early in the morning to protest the Donald Trump administration’s immigration crackdown known as “Operation Midway Blitz.” Prote ...
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