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Broadview mayor, police and fire chiefs accuse ICE of deploying tear gas and blocking emergency access; Berwyn passed resolution to unmask agents
Summary
Broadview officials said ICE deployments of tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets near a federal processing center have exposed residents and first responders, prompted three criminal probes, and led local leaders to demand DHS cooperation; Berwyn has passed a resolution asking federal lawmakers to require agents be identifiable.
Katrina Thompson, mayor of the village of Broadview, said at a news conference that the village’s residents and first responders have been endangered by the recent deployment of tear gas, pepper spray, mace and rubber bullets near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing center in Broadview. “ICE has to stop unprovoked chemical arms attacks on peaceful protesters and on journalists,” Thompson said.
Thompson and Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said the village’s police and fire personnel have been exposed repeatedly and that the Broadview Police Department has opened three separate criminal investigations into ICE activities since what officials described as the regional “Midway Blitz.” “Currently, the Broadview Police Department has launched 3 separate criminal investigations into ICE activities,” Mills said, and he said the department has requested “the full cooperation of the U.S.…
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