Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson on Tuesday said federal authorities were using disinformation tactics that would “make even Russia blush” following protests around a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in the village.

Thompson said said village officials were “exploring our options” to force federal bodies to cooperate with local laws and investigations as tensions continue to rise around ICE’s presence in the western suburb.

Thompson, flanked by several other suburban mayors, emergency personnel and former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, again condemned federal agents’ copious use of chemical crowd controls on people demonstrating in Broadview as authorities execute a renewed surge of immigration enforcement in the Chicago area.

Agents on Saturday also

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