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Chaos erupted outside an immigration processing center in Chicago on Thursday when anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitators clashed with law enforcement.
The incident led to multiple arrests after demonstrators blocked traffic and refused orders to disperse, according to Fox Chicago.
Video from the scene shows federal agents and Illinois State Police in scuffles with protesters and then taking several people into custody. The facility is located in Broadview, a western suburb of Chicago about 12 miles from downtown, and has been a longstanding protest site for years.
Police officers detain an agitator during a demonstration against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside a federal building in Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday. Several people were taken into custody after clashes with law enforcement, authorities said. (Fox)
A law enforcement source said 12 men and 9 women were arrested during the skirmishes and that a few officers sustained minor injuries.
A large crowd of protesters gathered outside the facility, some waving placards reading “God Demands Freedom” and “Protest Is Patriotic,” while others held colorful signs shaped like butterflies.
Police officers detain a protester as demonstrators rally outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Thursday. (Fox)
The incident came on the same day that a federal judge ordered 13 detainees released and said hundreds more could qualify for home confinement, marking another setback for the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz.
WATCH: Anti-immigration protesters clash with law enforcement in Chicago; multiple arrests made
The operation was launched on Sept. 8 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE targeting criminal illegal aliens in the Chicago area.
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