About 30 to 40 federal agents, about half marked as ICE agents, deployed at least six tear gas canisters, pepper balls, and foam rounds at over 200 protesters in a residential neighborhood on Maple Lane in Elgin.
Little Village Faces ICE Fears Head-On With Halloween Safety Patrols
A woman peruses decorations inside a store (top left), while a man looks at tables outside (bottom right). Little Village, 10/31/25. By Dominic Guanzon Friday, 10/31/25 LITTLE VILLAGE – Yellow-vested, whistle-wearing volunteers patrolled Little Village on Halloween, as hundreds of families walked 26th Street. under the shadow of ICE and other federal agents stalking the... Continue Reading →
State, Local Police Stand Side-By-Side With Feds, Run Crowd Control At Broadview Protest
Another protester directly screamed into the faces of the Illinois State Police troopers, “you’re helping the fascists! You’re directly helping them!”
[ARCHIVE] [SEPT 19, 2025] Feds Attack Non-Violent Protesters With Flashbangs, Gas, Hundreds of Pepper Balls at Broadview ICE Facility
The Special Response Teams are intended to be DHS’ special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams, conducting high-risk raids and serving high-risk warrants targeting alleged criminals. On Friday, they faced off against college kids with poster boards, Christian pastors, and abuelas trying to deliver medication to detainees.
DHS-Contracted Security Attempt to Bait Protesters at Broadview ICE Staging Facility
“This staging facility was not designed to house detainees for even a night, yet there have been reported and confirmed cases of individuals held in the facility for more than a week,” said Nadiah Alyafai of the Arab American Action Network.
Little Village Protests ICE Raids With Rally And March
“The fight - it is in the [Chicago City] Council, it is in the courts, but it’s in the streets. It is in our neighborhoods to make sure that we don’t allow these cowards to come and terrorize us.”
Young Bolingbrook Residents Protest ICE Amid Local Raids
"[ICE is] targeting warehouses…‘Oh they’re just supporting criminals!’ But that’s very on the contrary…they’re also deporting a lot of families in very unjust ways."