About 200 demonstrators staged a sit-in, blocking apparent ICE agents from coming in and out of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency’s Broadview processing center on Friday.

Demonstrators referred to the facility as an illegal “de facto detention center.”

“The reason [ICE is] in Broadview is because they know Chicago doesn’t want ICE in our city,” said Rachel Cohen, one of the organizers of the demonstration.

No injuries or arrests were reported during the largely peaceful protest.

Demonstrators, who showed up about 6:30 a.m., remained outside the facility until around 11:30 a.m. They vowed to return every Friday, when transports usually occur.

“We’ll be back,” demonstrators shouted in unison.

The protest comes at a time when the city is preparing for anticipated incre

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