BROADVIEW, Ill. - An attorney said he is asking a court to block the Village of Broadview’s restrictions on protesting hours at the ICE processing facility that’s been the site for at times violent clashes between law enforcement and protesters.

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Robert Held, who described himself as an attorney and community activist, said in a press release on Tuesday that he filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in federal court to stop the enforcement of the village’s "protest curfew."

The curfew limits demonstrations near the ICE facility to the hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., which Held said effectively bans early morning and evening protests.

He argued the curfew violates the First Amendment.

"This curfew flips the First Amendment on its head," said Adele Nicholas, an attorney

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