A federal magistrate judge is arranging a visit to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in west suburban Broadview, which has become a controversial central hub for the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in the Chicago area.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally authorized the visit Friday as part of a lawsuit over conditions inside the facility, which long served as a processing center. But since the start of the feds’ so-called “Operation Midway Blitz,” people have been held there for days at a time.
The visit has been tentatively planned for Thursday morning, and details will be sorted out early next week.
U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman said Tuesday the facility “has really become a prison.” He followed up with a temporary restraining order me

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