By Renee Hickman

CHICAGO (Reuters) -More than a dozen suburban Chicago mothers were arrested outside an immigration detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Friday, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, in a protest against the ongoing immigration crackdown in the area launched by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The facility has been a flashpoint for anger around Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz” for months, with frequent confrontations between protesters and law enforcement. The clashes have included federal agents deploying tear gas and shooting pepper balls at protesters, and the indictment of a congressional candidate and others on charges of impeding federal agents at the facility.

Raids across Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, including one at a daycare this week, hav

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