Scuffles between protesters and authorities resumed Friday in Broadview, a town near Chicago that has become the epicenter of protests against the Trump Administration’s raids and deportations in Illinois, as preparations move forward for the national “No Kings” mobilization and in which several cities in the state will participate.
This Friday, at least eleven people were detained by the Illinois State Police in the suburb of Broadview, in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing center.
Protesters arrested in front of ICE
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The protesters were arrested for refusing to stop blocking a street and to move to a designated protest area.
After being confronted by state police, several citizens were handcuffed and placed in Cook County Sheriff’s vehicles.
The state police used helmets and batons to repel the crowd and in this new scuffle no federal agents were involved, nor were tear gas or rubber bullets used as on previous occasions.
The confrontation was the first in nearly a month on Beach Street, the street where the processing center where ICE houses people detained for deportation is located.
The protest began at 8:00 local time (13:00 GMT) and violated the order recently issued by Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson, which established protest hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thompson also reduced the previously designated protest zone, claiming that past demonstrations “degenerated into chaos” to the detriment of the nearly 8,000 residents of the town.
Television showed images of the agents as they knocked down and dragged several people, including a woman with an accordion.
None of those arrested appeared to have serious injuries.
They all sat silently on the sidewalk, hands tied, while other opponents shouted their names and dates of birth, behind concrete barricades in the so-called “press zone”.
“Against the Federal Invasion of Chicago.”
Meanwhile, activists confirmed that the city will participate this Saturday in the “No Kings/Hands Off Chicago” march and rally.
Protesters will gather from noon at Grant Park, to join the large mobilization called across the country.
The event is organized by several institutions, including Equality Illinois, Indivisible Chicago, Chicago Federation of Labor, Sierra Club Illinois and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois.
Other rallies and marches are also scheduled in suburban locations throughout the Chicago area, including Naperville, Elgin, Highland Park, Aurora and Gary.
According to local organizers, these protests will be driven by outrage over President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration and his attempt to federalize National Guard troops, with Chicago as his primary target.
“We expect this to be the largest mass mobilization we’ve ever seen in the country,” Kathy Tholin, a board member of Indivisible Chicago Alliance and co-organizer of the Chicago event, told local media.
“Many Chicagoans want to raise their voices. The federal encroachment on Chicago, whether it’s on the streets or threatened by the Trump administration, is causing Chicagoans to want to say this is unacceptable and to demonstrate. So we’re expecting a big crowd on Saturday,” the activist added.
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With information from EFE
