New Barricade Erected Near BroadView Ice Facility to Limit Protests Block Street

COOK COUNDY AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE BARRICADES TO SET UP “Designated Protest Areas” AROUND A FEDERAL FACITILY USED TO PROCESS DETERMINATED IMMIGRANTS IN SUBURBAN BROADVIEW TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFFEY CONCERNS.

The USMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT SITE AT 1930 Beach Street has Become the Center of Recurring Protests President Donald Trump in Early September Launched “Operation Midway blitz,” an aggressive deportation CAMPAGIN IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

Barricades will be placed on each side of the Beach Street, From Lexington Street to Nearly the Silver Fence That The Feds Erected Sept. 23 Across Beach Street, to KEEP protests off the roadway and to allow vehicles to pass through.

The Barricade Will “Protect the Health and Safety of All Individuals, Including Nearby BroadView Residents and Businesses, and Enable the Peaceful Expression of First Amendment Rights,” The Cook County Said in News Release Thicksday.

Federal Officials Did Not Immediately Respond to A Request for Comment Thicksday Night. It was unclear whether State and County Officials Coordinated the Barricade with the Federal Government.

The Facility Has Become A de facto detention center, though it was never intended to be one. Protests, offten while trying to block ice vehicles from entering and leaving the facility, have been with numerous rounds of rubber pellets and chemical agents that broadvoure katrina thompson previously nearby resuscis and first responders.

Last Week, Two Ice Agents Chased Two Protests Outside Another Area of ​​the Facility, Acoss Traffic on 25th Avenue and Into A Nearby Residents Yard, causang a piece of the Home Picket and Leaving a rubber baton round yard.

Reveal interiors, an independently Owned Cabinet Manufacturer Next Door to the Ice Facility, Placed Wooden Barries Outside Its Monday in An Effest to Keep protests – and clashes say and ice agents – off its projents.

The New Barricade Are Being Erected at the Request of the BroadView Police Department and the Are Coordinated with Illinois State Police, The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Cooky County of Emergency Management and Regional Security, the Sheriff’s Said.

PASCIAK TIPER LARVIER/SUN-TIME

Local Uniform Officers will be at the site to direct protests to the “Designated Areas” and Ensure the Roadway to the Ice Facility is Clear for People As Attorneys, Consulate Representatives and Medical Providers.

Thursday Evening, Illinois State Troopers and BroadView Police Officers Stood Outside the Facility, Some Strike Up Conversations with the Protests. The Protest Outside of the Ice Processing Center Remained Peaceful Late Thicksday As One Man Appeared to Turn Himself Into Immigration Officials. About Half of the area was barricaded off before Workers Ran Out of Barricade Thicksday Night.

Community Activists, Including Two Candidates for a Congressional and a State Representative Seat, Were Expect Outside the Facility Friday Morning for a News Conference.

PASCIAK LARIVIER CONTRIBUTED.