National Guard leaves Broadview ICE facility
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At least four demonstrators were arrested during a protest at the Broadview facility Friday, a day after a fence was ordered removed and two other key rulings. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth said they wanted to conduct oversight of the facility.
From a back row of Jordan Temple Church, Katrina Thompson wiped her eyes, got to her feet and raised her hands in prayer as a black-and-white clad choir sang about the excellence of God. When the
Meanwhile, a day after a judge ordered the removal of a fence erected by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, barricades were being put up in front of the fence on Saturday.
The Trump administration is asking an appeals court for an immediate stay of a judge's ruling this week that blocked the National Guard from deploying in Illinois.This request comes nearly 24 hours after a federal judge ruled the metal fence outside the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility must come down by early next week.
Federal prosecutors dismissed charges against an Oak Park man with intellectual disabilities during a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility.
Broadview Mayor Karen Katrina Thompson issued a letter to the Broadview community on saying the presence of the "heavily armed" National Guard members would turn the ICE facility "into a military fortress, within shooting distance of Broadview residents' homes and businesses."
National Guard members were spotted early Thursday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Broadview, hours before a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the troops in Illinois.