Broadview, Illinois (CNN) — At least 18 people were arrested outside the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Chicago Friday, where protesters have gathered several weeks in a row amid bubbling tensions as the Trump administration’s larger immigration enforcement efforts continue.
Protesters filled the streets outside the facility Friday as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was perched on the rooftop of the controversial building, surrounded by armed agents and a camera crew , according to CNN affiliate WLS. Friday’s protests mirror demonstrations seen at the ICE facility in recent weeks .
Broadview police officers and Cook County sheriff’s deputies held the line near a large group of protesters and were instructed at one point to put on gas masks. T