BROADVIEW, Ill. (WLS) -- Emotions have been running high outside an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in west suburban Broadview.

On Tuesday, ICE agents erected a fence outside the boarded up building, citing safety. The fire chief and some people who live in the area are concerned.

Some protesters say the fence has actually helped limit some of the escalations seen there in the last week, but there is still a question around the public safety that comes with the fence. The Broadview Fire Department has asked the Department of Homeland Security that it be taken down in case of an emergency they have to respond to.

Now, detention facilities like the one in Broadview are operating under even higher alert after what authorities are calling a deadly act of targe

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