BROADVIEW, Ill. (WGN) — Protesters returned to the ICE processing center in Broadview Friday, gathering for another day of demonstrations that stretched into the evening despite a village curfew requiring protests to end at 6 p.m.
More than 150 people arrived Friday morning, and while the demonstrations initially remained peaceful, WGN-TV crews on scene saw at least four protesters get arrested.
At one point, two protesters were seen crossing concrete barriers guarding the roads into the facility, but state police quickly swarmed them, pushing protesters back behind the barriers.
“I don’t agree with getting in front of a car and stopping an ICE agent from doing his job, but I want to be here to say this is wrong,” protester Brad Phillips said.
Tensions also flared between protesters an