Thomas Weitzel, former chief of police for the Riverside Police Department, has said that politicians who participated in a confrontation at the ICE processing center in Broadview committed a criminal act. This statement was made on X.

"Today's attack on ICE & local police at the Broadview, IL processing center is a criminal act," said Weitzel. "The politicians who participated are activists. You are an elected official, & you fight law enforcement? You should be removed."

At the ICE Broadview Processing Center near Chicago, protests have intensified in 2025 as activists and local officials oppose "Operation Midway Blitz," a federal enforcement surge. According to The Guardian, demonstrators blocked entrances, slashed tires, and hurled rocks and fireworks, while federal officers responde

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