The clock was ticking on Tuesday night in suburban Broadview as the deadline neared for the federal government to remove fencing outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing center.

Village officials previously demanded that ICE agents take down fencing erected around the facility, saying it posed a safety hazard as it blocked fire department access to a road.

Last week, a federal judge ordered the fence to be taken down by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday.

But what if the government doesn’t comply?

Alexa Van Brunt, a Chicago-based attorney with the Illinois MacArthur Justice Center, discussed the possibility with NBC Chicago.

"When any party, any litigant, ignores a court order, you are facing potential contempt proceedings," Van Brunt explained. "Judges have a lot of discr

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