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Someone fired shots at Customs and Border Patrol agents as they conducted an immigration enforcement operation on Chicago's Southwest Side on Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security said.

In a statement posted to X, DHS said agents were conducting operations near 26th Street and Kedzie Avenue in the Little Village neighborhood when the shooting happened.

An unknown male, who was driving a black Jeep, fired shots at agents and fled the scene, DHS said.

DHS also said "an unknown number of agitators" threw a paint can and bricks at Border Patrol vehicles.

The Chicago Police Department was called for assistance and cleared the scene, DHS added.

The alleged shooter remains at large, DHS said.

DHS added, "This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of violence and obstruction. Over the past two months, we've seen an increase in assaults and obstruction targeting federal law enforcement during operations. These confrontations highlight the dangers our agents face daily and the escalating aggression toward law enforcement. The violence must end."

ABC7 reached out to CPD for comment.

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On Friday, a remote status hearing was held regarding the conditions at the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

Judge Laura McNally said she would like to visit the Broadview facility on Thursday morning. The judge reiterated that the group will be small and both sides must give the court details as to who will attend the visit by next week.

Sheriff's deputies removed a group of 14 suburban moms, as they call themselves, who were sitting in a circle in the middle of the road outside of the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility as a symbol of civil disobedience on Friday.

These are moms from across the western suburbs, they say. They are demanding an end to the "campaign of chaos," as they refer to the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement operation "Midway Blitz."

Protesters say they are enraged by the terror being inflicted upon their communities. They say their friends, relatives, caregivers, and neighbors are living in fear, and people are being ripped from their lives and their families.

So, these moms want to use their "privilege as white women," they say, to amplify what is happening in their neighborhoods and throughout the Chicagoland area and mobilize their community to stand with immigrant families.

"It is worse than you can imagine out on the streets right now, and it is because of the federal immigration enforcement we're seeing every day. Our communities are living in abject fear, and it's time for people that look like us to take a stand and put our own physical bodies in front of those bodies, because it is unacceptable," said Ellen Toobin, who lives in Oak Park. "I hope that people can hear us inside. I mean, if you see absolutely horrific reporting of the conditions, we are here to stand with our friends and neighbors who have been abducted and terrified."

Toobin continued, "We are all upset seeing this. We need to get off our phones and onto the streets, because that is what is required at this moment."

At the same time, a caravan of about 20 cars drove by the intersection of Beech and Lexington outside the Broadview ICE facility. The participants honked their horns, with signs posted on their vehicles that said, "hands off Chicago," also in protest of the ongoing immigration enforcement. Click here for more.

Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino was spotted with agents on the streets of Little Village on Thursday.

ABC7's cameras captured the CPB chief and agents patrolling near 26th and Central Park around noon.

Their presence called the attention of several protesters before the agents got in their vehicles and drove away.

This comes as a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on federal immigration agents' use of force as part of Operation Midway Blitz.