National Guard troops arrive at Broadview ICE facility
A village spokesperson confirmed around 7:45 a.m. that the National Guard arrived Wednesday night.
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A village spokesperson confirmed around 7:45 a.m. that the National Guard arrived Wednesday night.
A federal judge in Chicago issued a temporary restraining order Thursday, blocking federal agencies from using certain forceful tactics to suppress protests or prevent journalists from covering those protests.
On Thursday morning, some National Guard troops near the riot fence outside the ICE facility. Asal Rezaei reports.
Meanwhile, a federal judge was set to decide Thursday whether to block the hundreds of National Guard troops who have been sent to Chicago. Asal Rezaei reports.
A federal judge is expected to rule on Thursday on a request from the governor and mayor to block the troop deployment.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately confirm that the people seen in the video were National Guard troops. Asal Rezaei reports.
A small group of protestors gathered outside the ICE processing facility, with their chants energized following a federal judge's extension of a nationwide consent decree.
"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]" Officers!" President Trump posted. "Governor Pritzker also!"
A federal judge's ruling is a legal win for people wrongfully arrested in recent ICE and Border Patrol sweeps.
Federal prosecutors have dismissed charges against three of five protesters arrested outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on the same day last month.
Residents on the Southwest Side of Chicago are demanding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement not be allowed to use The Yards Plaza.
The troops are expected to be deployed to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and federal facilities. Asal Rezaei reports.
Sources said the Texas National Guard members are expected to begin their duties in the Chicago area before the ruling in the state’s lawsuit, which is expected on Thursday. Asal Rezaei reports.
The State of Illinois argues there is no crisis that requires the troops’ presence. Asal Rezaei reports.
“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]” Officers!” President Trump posted. “Governor Pritzker also!”
Members of the Texas National Guard will be assigned to the protection of federal facilities and federal law enforcement personnel in the Chicago area.
An employee at a restaurant in Niles and another person outside a high school in Park Ridge were among those detained in recent weeks.
Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham intervened as Dariana Fajardo. 23, who is a U.S. citizen, was being detained by federal agents on Monday near city hall.
The Texas National Guard said Monday evening that it was deploying. Meanwhile, a new curfew for protesters has been instituted at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview. Lauren Victory reports.
Video on social media shows what appears to be ICE agents trying to detain a person in West Lawn, prompting questions about why the stop happened and why the individual was let go.
The Texas National Guard is deploying as the mayor of Broadview, Illinois, puts new rules in place for protests outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility there. Lauren Victory reports.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott posted a photo to X around 8 a.m. Tuesday with a caption reading, “The elite Texas National Guard. Ever ready. Deploying now.” Lauren Victory reports.
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson on Monday announced an executive order setting fixed protest hours outside the ICE processing center in the village in Chicago's west suburbs.
Part of President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Illinois are 400 members of the Texas National Guard, a move a former Illinois National Guard commander said he has "never seen before."
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling on Monday defended his department's response to a protest that erupted in Brighton Park over the weekend, after federal agents shot a woman accused of ramming her vehicle into their car.
