Federal immigration agents have warned of potential enforcement actions targeting Broadview residents and first responders Saturday, following remarks from the village’s mayor accusing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of “making war on my community.”

Hourslong protests have continued outside the ICE facility at 1930 Beach St. since the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Blitz” earlier this month, a campaign to ramp up immigration enforcement across the Chicago area.

On Friday, a crowd slowly grew to about 100 peaceful protesters before ICE officers started firing chemical irritants around 8 a.m. They were targeting demonstrators who were yelling at passing vehicles on the other side of a heavy-duty fence that ICE erected in the roadway this week.

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