CHICAGO (WLS) -- Protesters demonstrated across the Chicago area Friday ahead of an expected surge in ICE operations this weekend.

Crews have put up fencing around Dirksen Federal Courthouse in downtown Chicago. That comes as the expected increase in immigration enforcement, that could come as soon as Saturday.

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Protesters descended on an ICE processing facility in Broadview, demonstrating against the planned use of the location as the main processing hub for those detained by ICE as a part of their upcoming operation.

It was a small victory for protestors demonstrating outside the facility as they forced a vehicle trying to enter to leave by blocking the entrance to the Beach Street location and refused to move.

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