Following the arrest of a 70-year-old U.S. Air Force veteran at an anti-ICE protest over the weekend, fellow veterans are demanding that federal immigration agents end their harassment of both protesters and immigrants.

Dana Briggs of Rockford and four others are facing federal criminal charges after protesters clashed with federal agents outside the federal immigration facility in Broadview – one of the most intense since the Department of Homeland Security launched its “Operation Midway Blitz” deportation campaign.

Briggs, a member of non-profit organization Common Defense, was charged with felony assault of a federal officer after he allegedly “made physical contact with an agent’s arm while the agent attempted to extend the safety perimeter around the facility,” according to prosecut

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