The Reader is partnering with the TriiBE and indie investigative newsroom Unraveled Press to document confirmed sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents in the Chicago area.

Demonstrators are getting more familiar with their tactics. When the masked and unmasked federal agents surfaced on the rooftop of the red-brick building in suburban Broadview, some armed with pepper ball guns, protesters began to put on their protective gear—masks, goggles, helmets.

As federal agents, some with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and some with U.S. Border Patrol, approached the ICE facility’s main gate, some demonstrators moved in closer. Others stood further away; they knew what was coming.

The gate opened around 8:30 AM, and a w

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