CHICAGO — Organizers are planning daily protests at the Broadview ICE facility until it shuts down amid the Trump administration’s increased immigration enforcement activity.
Organizers have long held regular protests on Fridays at the facility, 1930 Beach St. in suburban Broadview; but now, they’re calling on demonstrators to join daily protests at 7-9 a.m. and again at 6 p.m.
“Shut down the Broadview ICE facility,” reads an Instagram post announcing the intent to now stage daily protests.
The facility is a processing center for people arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Detainees are taken from the facility to detention centers across the United States.
That’s made it a key area as the federal administration has launched two operations — the ICE-led Midway Blitz a