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A federal judge issued a slew of orders Wednesday for officials at the immigration processing center in suburban Broadview intended to address the “serious conditions” described inside the building in a lawsuit filed last week. In issuing the two-week temporary restraining order in the case, U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman wrote detainees at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement center …

CHICAGO — A new federal lawsuit alleges detained people are suffering from “horrific and inhumane” conditions at the ICE processing facility in suburban Broadview and that the federal government is concealing that mistreatment by blocking elected officials, attorneys and the press from accessing the facility. According to an emergency 76-page class action lawsuit filed Thursday, detained people at the facility …

BROADVIEW — The controversial fence blocking protesters from ICE’s Broadview facility came down this week after a judge ordered it be removed. But by Friday, the street outside the facility was blocked again — this time with vehicles and barricades from local and state police. Fridays have seen regular protests outside the ICE facility, 1930 Beach St., since the Trump …

Illinois lawmakers look at limiting federal immigration agents as Broadview shrinks designated protest area  Chicago Tribune Growing number of US veterans face arrest over Ice raid protests  The Guardian How Broadview, a sleepy Chicago suburb, became a hot-spot for ICE immigration protests  NBC News Broadview mayor places new restrictions on demonstrators at ICE facility, Illinois House Speaker calls for fence to come down  WGN-TV …

Before this, Broadview, a village of 8,000 residents that stretches just over 2 miles, was all but incognito. Its quiet streets, where some neighbors say they don’t even lock their car doors, have drawn a diverse mix of middle- and working-class families, including Hispanic, Black and white people. Now, after the Department of Homeland Security launched Operation Midway Blitz, an …

A delegation of Catholic priests, nuns and lay leaders were among hundreds of people from Chicago and the suburbs who marched from Maywood to Broadview on Saturday in hopes of delivering Holy Communion to detainees at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility. But after approaching Illinois State Police officers standing outside the facility, the group’s communion request was …

Protesters at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview tussled with state police and sheriff’s police Friday morning, hours after a judge ordered the fence erected outside the building be taken down. Three protesters were arrested during the fray and charged with resisting and obstruction: Mara R. Blumenstein, 28; Emmett J. Matlock, 19 and Peter M. Reimer, 31. …

A federal judge approved a request to remove the fence put up by ICE agents outside the Broadview, Illinois ICE facility. Broadview officials had sued, saying the fence — put up on Sept. 23 outside the ICE facility on Beach Street — blocked a public road and could impact first responders at the scene. Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson said the judge’s ruling …

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says ‘we’re here to stay,’ indicating ICE may expand in Broadview  Chicago Tribune DHS Secretary Noem ‘blocked’ from bathroom at Illinois government building, as Pritzker feud heats up  Fox News Chicago ICE news: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem at Broadview ICE facility as protesters clash with agents; village files lawsuit  ABC7 Chicago Pritzker: Noem should “no longer be …

At least 18 people were arrested outside the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Chicago Friday, where protesters have gathered several weeks in a row amid bubbling tensions as the Trump administration’s larger immigration enforcement efforts continue. Protesters filled the streets outside the facility Friday as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was perched on the rooftop of the controversial …