On Friday, protesters gathered peacefully outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility near Chicago, signaling a notable change in the usual tensions between demonstrators and federal officers.
At the Broadview, Illinois, facility, police informed protesters that they could occupy the designated protest zone earlier than planned if they refrained from blocking the streets. They cautioned that anyone who entered the roadway would face arrest. Previously, interactions between protesters and federal agents in the city had sometimes turned violent due to ICE operations.
