CHICAGO — Authorities arrested 21 protesters Friday outside a Chicago-area federal immigration facility that activists say functions as a de facto detention center and is plagued by inhumane conditions .

The Cook County Sheriff's Office said the arrests were made by midday, and that it was working on verifying identities and potential charges.

The mayor of Broadview, Katrina Thompson, said four officers were injured in the confrontation.

“The violence by out-of-town protesters that has led to two Village of Broadview police officers, one Illinois State police officer, and a Cook County Sheriff’s deputy being injured this morning, with the two Broadview officers and the sheriff’s deputy being transported to Loyola hospital, is unacceptable and outrageous,” Thompson said in a statem

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