On Tuesday, ICE agents erected a fence outside the boarded up building, citing safety. The fire chief and some people who live in the area are concerned.
Some protesters say the fence has actually helped limit some of the escalations seen there in the last week, but there is still a question around the public safety that comes with the fence. The Broadview Fire Department has asked the Department of Homeland Security that it be taken down in case of an emergency they have to respond to.
Now, detention facilities like the one in Broadview are operating under even higher alert after what authorities are calling a deadly act of targeted violence at an ICE facility in Dallas.
It's been a volatile time for those who live near this ICE facility in Broadview.
"It's just been crazy just seeing people I've never seen going back-and-forth, going this way," Edna Lewis, who lives nearby, said. "They're going that way."
Protesters have continued their efforts to stand up for immigration rights at the Broadview ICE processing facility. They've been pushed back a little further from the facility with this fence that was just installed by federal authorities in hopes of protecting operations.
One man named Guy has been protesting there every day since the facility opened, and he says the fence will probably actually help them get their message across peacefully.
"I'm happy the fence was put up because a lot of my fellow protesters they seem to like to agitate them and get hit," he said. "Not me. I don't want to get hit with something."
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The Broadview Fire Department is still waiting for a response from federal authorities about its concerns for the public safety issues of the fence blocking a public roadway. That's something the protesters say they're worried about too.
"What they're doing here there's no transparency," a protester named Tyler said. "You have everything gated off. What if a fire were to break out right now?"
Protesters have built a little community, filled with donations of essentials, and they've been joined by protesters who have come in from different cities and states to stand up against ICE operations.
"The people who come from the other states they are really dedicated," Guy said.
The backlash surrounding the facility has also brought on some unwanted attention to this neighborhood for homeowners living nearby.
Tom Johnson, who lives on the other side of 25th Avenue, says people have been parking illegally on their residential street and swarming the facility.
"One day they sprayed some pepper spray in the air and people was over here I came from work and they were putting water in their face so you can smell it so that was kinda bad," Johnson said. "It's been a little bit crazy, little chaotic, you know, cars have been parking here and there."
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"I think they're doing their own thing now and taking over," Johnson said. "That's a city street and they can't just put up a fence like that, but they're doing it."
The letter from the Broadview Fire Department to DHS said, "In case of fire or other emergencies at businesses located on the street, Broadview Fire apparatus would be unable to use the road to access these businesses."
That's also a concern neighbor Edna Lewis shares.
"I'm worried about that too because my husband is in the hospital now and he keeps going back for seizures, so I'm very concerned if they'd be able to come and not park way back because of the cars out there," Lewis said.
ABC7 has not heard back from ICE or DHS following the letter request from the Broadview Fire Department.