A federal judge has ordered the fence outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview to be taken down immediately.

The fence, erected in September, was still up as late Friday morning, as protesters and state police and sheriff’s police scuffled earlier and few people were arrested during a protest outside the facility, 1930 Beach St.

U.S. District Court Judge LaShonda A. Hunt of the Northern District of Illinois issued a temporary restraining order Thursday in

The court found that ICE placed the fence on municipal property without permission, exceeding its authority. Hunt ruled that the move violated local safety codes by restricting access to first responders. Hunt emphasized that the fence caused irreparable harm to public safety and that the pu

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