Agents deploy tear gas during clash with protesters outside Broadview ICE facility
Federal agents sprayed tear gas at protesters outside the Broadview ICE Facility on Friday morning.
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Federal agents sprayed tear gas at protesters outside the Broadview ICE Facility on Friday morning.
Early Friday morning, protesters were seen gathering outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois. They say they are here to oppose "Operation Midway Blitz."
Chicago students walked out of class and traveled downtown to protest increased immigration arrests and enforcement outside of Trump Tower.
Protesters and agents clashed outside the Broadview ICE processing center during a 12-hour protest Friday.
The march and rally come one day after "Operation Midway Blitz" was announced, meant to target undocumented people with a criminal history.
Protest organizers said the real criminals are the people in the White House, not the immigrants the administration is going after.
The push targets undocumented people with criminal records in Illinois, specifically Chicago, because it is a sanctuary city.
The windows of the ICE facility were boarded up on Wednesday night, possibly in preparation for the protests taking place outside.
Protesters gathered outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview, Illinois, on Friday. One of the organizers, Rachel Cohen, who was arrested last week, told CBS News Chicago that there are many concerned community members.
Officials said the fencing is to help people access the courthouse safely.
Hotel workers protested outside the Holiday Inn and Suites in downtown Chicago after they say the hotel locked out housekeepers over a contract dispute.
A coalition of organizers, union members and elected officials are gathering Monday for a Chicago Labor Day march and rally opposing the Trump administration and escalated immigration enforcement operations.
Hotel workers protested outside the Holiday Inn and Suites in downtown Chicago on Monday after they say the hotel locked out housekeepers over a contract dispute. Shardaa Gray reports.
A coalition of organizers, union members and elected officials are gathering Monday for a Chicago Labor Day march and rally opposing the Trump administration and escalated immigration enforcement operations. Dorothy Tucker reports.
There was a protest Sunday outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement staging facility in Broadview, Illinois, calling for the closure of the center in the western suburbs.
For years, the agency has used the building to process migrants taken into custody before they are moved to an official detention center. But protesters say ICE is now holding immigrants there for weeks on end, forcing people to live in inhumane conditions.
A coalition of Black faith and community leaders held a rally in downtown Chicago Friday to demand Trump keep the National Guard out of the city.
A coalition of organizers in Chicago were joined by Mayor Brandon Johnson to announce Labor Day rally and march called "Workers Over Billionaires."
A Chicago protest dubbed the "Make Good Trouble Rally" on July 17 in honor of late U.S. Rep. John Lewis was held in Daley Plaza Thursday evening.
A Chicago protest dubbed the "Make Good Trouble Rally" on July 17 in honor of late U.S. Rep. John Lewis was held in Daley Plaza Thursday evening.
Chicago police said Deirdre Kemp, 30, was arrested on Thursday, June 19. Sabrina Franza reports.
A woman who drove through a crowd of anti-ICE protesters earlier this month has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies.
A woman stood charged Monday with driving a car through a crowd assembled for a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in downtown Chicago earlier this month.
Chicago police said Deirdre Kemp, 30, was arrested on Thursday, June 19.
The protest and news conference was sponsored by the No War on Iran Coalition.
