The police chief of Broadview, a suburb of Chicago, has threatened to remove fencing around an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility that was erected to control protesters outside the site.
Chief Thomas Mills and other village officials argued that ICE, not the demonstrators, is creating risks for nearby residents.At a press conference on Wednesday, Mayor Katrina Thompson, Mills, and Acting Fire Chief Matt Martin criticized federal enforcement activity at the Broadview facility and accused ICE of endangering the community through its operations.
“The relentless deployment of tear gas, pepper spray and mace at the ICE facility is endangering nearby village residents, harming police officers, harming firefighters and American citizens exercising their First Amendment rights,” Thompson claimed.
