An intensive immigration operation ordered by President Donald Trump has quickly transformed Broadview, Illinois, into the beating hot center of the resistance.

The eight-foot fence surrounding the ICE facility in Broadview was removed Tuesday night, following a judge’s order requiring it to come down by midnight, three weeks after it was originally installed.

Broadview, Illinois, Mayor Katrina Thompson in her office at Village Hall on Oct. 9, 2025. She is in her third term as mayor. CHICAGO — From a back row of Jordan Temple Church, Katrina Thompson wiped her eyes,

The village of Broadview, Illinois is reducing the area where protesters can stage near the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. Fifteen arrests were made Saturday, according to a statement from Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson.

Demonstrators will be restricted to a smaller protest area near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in west suburban Broadview. Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson issued an executive order Monday morning with the new restrictions,

Broadview Mayor Karen Katrina Thompson issued a letter to the Broadview community on saying the presence of the "heavily armed" National Guard members would turn the ICE facility "into a military fortress, within shooting distance of Broadview residents' homes and businesses."

With the Trump administration’s ramped-up immigration enforcement efforts continuing to rile the Chicago area, officials in west suburban Broadview took steps on Monday to insulate residents from flare-ups between protesters and police as state lawmakers returning to Springfield this week look to strengthen legal safeguards for people swept up in “Operation Midway Blitz.

Police and protesters clashed at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, last weekend. See what social media users are saying.