Broadview officials are demanding the Department of Homeland Security take down an “illegally built” fence erected outside an immigration processing and detention facility that’s been the site of volatile protests amid a recent blitz of Chicago-area immigration enforcement by the administration of President Donald Trump.

But federal officials say the fence is needed for public safety, blaming the immigration sanctuary policies of Illinois politicians.

The local dispute over the fence comes as immigration enforcement faces an uptick in violence and threats nationwide, culminating with a fatal shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas on Wednesday.

In a letter to DHS Tuesday, Broadview acting Fire Chief Matthew Martin said the fence was built without

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