Federal agents deployed tear gas and pepper balls Friday to disperse an unruly mob of anti-ICE protesters attempting to blockade an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility outside Chicago.
More than 100 protesters surrounded the ICE Broadview Processing Center as they “assaulted law enforcement, threw tear gas cans, slashed tires of cars, blocked the entrance of the building, and trespassed on private property,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement.
Federal law enforcement agents made three arrests related to the protest, according to DHS. 5
Agents tossed several canisters of tear gas and fired less-lethal pepper or sting balls into the crowd as protesters attempted to stand in the way of ICE vehicles leaving the facility, a video posted on socia