The Department of Homeland Security addressed the protest, saying they arrested three protesters.
In the afternoon, a woman appeared to be shot with a paintball gun at close range and was placed in handcuffs.
Things escalated very quickly again in the evening, when just before 8 p.m. federal law enforcement agents launched several volleys of tear gas into the crowd that was protesting outside the detention facility.
Organizers say they plan to demonstrate weekly at the boarded up facility as long as "Operation Midway Blitz" is underway.
The Broadview ICE processing facility has become a flashpoint for clashes between protesters wanting to see the building shut down and federal agents doing their jobs. It is also regularly drawing politicians and others running for office.
Arrests made Friday morning outside Broadview ICE processing facility
Video from intense moments Friday morning showed white smoke be deployed as crowds of people dispersed.
Clashes with agents were mainly seen when agents were entering or leaving the facility in a vehicle.
Some demonstrators were seen either intentionally getting in the way or standing on federal property when asked to move. That is when agents resorted to using tear gas.
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Demonstrators ABC7 spoke with explained why it was important for them be out there Friday morning.
"Just been really horrified that seeing this ramped up ICE presence in our neighborhoods and in Chicago and I think it is important to come out and say, 'We don't want this,'" Erica Sagrans said.
"It's critically important right now," demonstrator Dave said. "We can't just be silent while things are going on as they are today."
Two demonstrators were seen being detained Friday by ICE agents. At the time of both arrests, agents were trying to move vehicles and the demonstrators were in the way and not moving.
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"We have here a federal government that is actively working against its people, that is doing everything possible to divide them," Alderman Andre Vasquez said. "They are building the same system that they are going to use for everyone else."
Sierra Green, a Navy veteran, was among the people who were outside the ICE processing center in Broadview protesting.
"We are watching a crack in the damn with the immigrant community, but it doesn't stop with the immigrant community," Green said. "It continues until everyone is complicit., and we are not allowing that to happen. That's why we are out here."
A woman named Ana came to Broadview in search of answers. She says her partner, Tomas Alberto Perez Hernandez, and his boss were taken into custody by ICE on Thursday near Fullerton and Menard on the city's Northwest Side, while they were driving. She says her partner is currently being held at the Broadview facility.
"They are leaving us in limbo, they keep telling us if he self-deports he'll be gone tomorrow," Ana said.
The ACLU of Illinois says protesters have a right to make their voices heard, but there are some things that are not protected by the Constitution.
"What isn't protested is the attempt to obstruct or to you know limit the building or the government employees from entering or leaving that building," said Ed Yhonka, ACLU of Illinois director of communications and public policy. "Someone attempting to puncture the tire of a vehicle, that's not speech. That's an action, and that isn't protected by the Constitution."
Also on the ground Friday was Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who led the immigration crackdown in Lose Angeles. He was seen riding with federal agents.
Friday morning in an interview on Fox and Friends, Bovino defended and touted the success of Operation Midway Blitz.
"Great success here in Chicagoland. In the past week alone, several hundred arrests," Bovino said.
In a statement about the arrested in Broadview Friday, DHS said: "rioters assaulted law enforcement, threw tear gas cans, slashed tires of cars, blocked the entrance of the building, and trespassed on private property. Police under JB Pritzker's sanctuary jurisdiction refused to answer multiple calls for assistance. So far, federal law enforcement arrested three rioters. Our ICE enforcement officers are facing a more than 1000% increase in assaults against them. Disturbingly, in recent days, two ICE officers' have had cars used as weapons against them."
Friday's protest comes a week after video appears to show ICE agents using pepper balls on demonstrators outside the same facility.
At least one more person detained Friday afternoon
It was tense all day ever since the morning's confrontation between protesters and federal agents. While it had been mostly quiet since then, a renewed flareup took place just after 4 p.m. A woman who had blocking the way of a departing van was shot with a paintball gun close up then arrested in what turned into a pretty chaotic scene.
It was 4:08 p.m. when that warning was played over a loudspeaker to the protesters assembled outside Broadview's detention facility.
"It is hereby declared that you are obstructing federal officers in violation of federal law," the announcement said.
Little more than a minute later, with people still blocking the entryway, federal officers used a paintball gun to shoot a woman at close range. They then violently shoved her away as she approached them in an attempt to fight back. She was seen being taken away in handcuffs.
"They unloaded on her, hit her in the face," protester Bryan Brannon said. "I was trying to block her. She was yelling at them. They didn't like that."
Brannon himself got hit several times and was briefly hospitalized before coming back to rejoin the protest. His shirt was discarded after being soaked in pepper spray.
"I can go home to my family after this, and the people that are inside there don't," Brannon said.
Congresswoman Robin Kelly was another one of several elected officials to make her presence heard there.
"I had to come over, talk to some people and see for myself," Kelly said. "People are being treated like animals. What ICE is doing is unconscionable. I know that they are doing what they are told to do. But they are treating people like animals not people. It's a Gestapo-type action."
Standoff between protesters, agents escalates again Friday evening
A cloud of tear gas enveloped the crowd gathered outside Broadview's detention facility Friday night. While a handful of fireworks were launched back in response, most ran from the fumes, some overcome by their toxicity.
Among them was a South Side pastor.
"Not just indiscriminate. They are laughing as they pepper us with rubber bullets, with pepper balls," the pastor said. "They are laughing. They are pointing. They are making a game of it, of assaulting citizens who are peacefully gathered to express our views."
Tensions were building all day - agents on the detention center's rooftop using what appear to be paintball guns to fire pepper spray pellets at protesters who were attempting to stop vehicles from entering or exiting the facility.
An ICE spokesperson defended the agents actions Friday, saying in part, "Our ICE enforcement officers are facing a more than 1000% increase in assaults against them. Disturbingly, in recent days, two ICE officers' have had cars used as weapons against them."
Several arrests took place throughout the day. Each time, ABC7 saw agents dragging or forcibly carrying people into the facility. One legal aide said she's counted at least five so far Friday night.
Illinois politicians at anti-ICE protests
As dozens of demonstrators once again descended on Broadview Friday, in the crowd were two candidates for Illinois' 9th District congressional seat.
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Kat Abughazaleh posted a video and then fundraised off it, after she was removed and tossed down by ICE agents while trying to block a departing vehicle. She said it's not about the publicity but doing the right thing in protesting.
Fellow candidate Daniel Biss, the current mayor of Evanston, posted how he was among those tear gassed during the same confrontation.
"They are trying to intimidate," Biss said. "They're trying to demonstrate domination and violence to scare people out of non violent protest. And nonviolent protest is the only way through. So I will not be intimidated."
Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton, who's running for U.S. Senate, was also among those attending the demonstration. She left before the tear gas.
"So I'm here to stand with Illinoisans who are protesting peacefully, and to make sure that I let them know that I stand with them," Stratton said.
Earlier this week, Illinois State Senator Karina Villa, who's also a candidate for Illinois Comptroller, posted a video that went viral of her chasing off ICE agents in West Chicago.
Villa then sent out a fundraising text, which came to the attention of the DuPage County Republican Party.
"And it really begs the question, was she really trying to, you know, achieve something on a policy level by acting acting that way, or was she just gaslighting and trying to monetize a situation for herself?" said Kevin Coyne, DuPage GOP chairman.
And then there was 7th District Congressional Candidate Felix Tello, gathering petition signatures at Friday morning's demonstration.
"I'm not ashamed of that, it's part of the political process, right?" Tello said.
As long as the federal operation remains a concern to voters, it will remain a concern to those running for office. How they use the issue will eventually be evaluated at the ballot box.
ICE operations in suburbs
The latest ICE arrest ABC7 is aware of happened at Elgin Community College where federal agents allegedly took a student who is undocumented into custody in a parking lot outside a building on the main campus.
The Trump administration has said it's going after undocumented people with a criminal history but the circumstances around this arrest are still unclear.
ABC7 spoke with one student anonymously who says they are worried about this immigration activity making its way to college campuses.
"I feel like students should be allowed to feel safe and this should stop happening on college campuses," the student said.
Elgin Community College student taken into ICE custody, school says
Elgin Community College Faculty Association President Dan Kernler responding writing, "Our campus community is in shock today. College students and their families should never be separated just because they came to class. Detaining students on campus creates lasting harm and has no place in our communities. Learning and growth can only happen without fear."
ABC7 has reached out to ICE for comment on the student allegedly detained in Elgin but have not heard back.