For consecutive Fridays, the federal detention facility in southwest suburban Broadview has been the site of confrontations between immigration enforcement agents and protesters.

Scenes of mobs of protesters attempting to forcefully impede federal vehicles, as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel shooting pepper balls and tear gas into crowds of people protesting peacefully, display a situation that is getting increasingly out of control.

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson and acting ICE Director Todd Lyons have pointed fingers at each other, with Thompson accusing the feds of emulating Vladimir Putin and Lyons accusing Broadview of putting his officers at risk. Both parties in our view have reason to complain.

ICE agents in many cases have proven themselves poorly trai

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