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Immigration

How a small Chicago suburb became a flash point in ICE’s crackdown

Broadview is home to an ICE facility that is at the center of the ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. Residents are ready for it to be over.

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Texas deploys National Guard troops to Chicago (Video: Agencia EFE)

BROADVIEW, Ill. — A woman handed out Taylor Swift-style friendship bracelets with a number for protesters to call if they are arrested. Other demonstrators held signs declaring “ICE out of Chicago” and “Stop this kidnapping, melt the ICE.” Several wore gas masks, just in case.

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