Illinois State Police arrested multiple individuals amid more clashes between protesters and police outside an ICE processing facility in Broadview.
According to the Unified Command, a partnership between ISP, Broadview police and multiple other agencies, a total of five individuals have been arrested outside of the facility on Saturday.
All five of the individuals could face charges of resisting arrest and obstruction, and all five were arrested by Illinois State Police troopers, officials said.
While federal officials have accused state police of allowing riots to occur, a claim that state law enforcement has pushed back on, protesters present in Broadview Saturday also disputed that characterization.
“It’s a verbal riot for sure, they’re saying things I probably shouldn’t say on the news, loud abrasive, yelling back and forth. People are not moving as fast as officer want, But a riot? No,” activist Richard Horvath said.
The protests come after another shooting involving federal agents in Chicago on Saturday. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the shooting occurred near the intersection of 39th Street and South Kedzie, leaving a woman injured.
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DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said agents were conducting routine patrols on Saturday morning when they were rammed by 10 cars and “boxed in.”
McLaughlin said one of the drivers who rammed a law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon, and agents were “forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots.”
NBC Chicago has not been able to independently confirm details of the incident.
Chicago police responded to the scene after receiving a report of a person shot. Officials said officers “were on-scene to maintain safety and traffic control,” and that federal authorities were handling the investigation into the shooting.
Protesters gathered at the scene after the shooting, with federal agents deploying chemical agents to disperse crowds.
No further information was available on the investigation into the incident.
Those protests and the shooting come amid the backdrop of President Donald Trump’s administration confirming that it plans to federalize members of the National Guard for deployment in the Chicago area.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson confirmed that the president authorized using the Illinois National Guard members, citing what she called “ongoing violent riots and lawlessness” in the area.
“President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the lawlessness plaguing American cities,” Jackson said.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker revealed the plans for deployment on Saturday, saying the Trump administration had issued an ultimatum to him prior to doing so.
“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will,” Pritzker said in a statement. “It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.”
Pritzker has repeatedly pushed back against the president’s calls to deploy the National Guard, arguing the Trump administration doesn’t have authority to use members in a law enforcement capacity.
Trump has repeatedly argued he does have such authority, but has been dealt a series of legal setbacks, including a ruling by a federal judge Saturday that ordered a halt to a deployment of National Guard troops to Portland.
It’s unclear when the National Guard members could be deployed to Illinois, or if Saturday’s court ruling impacts that decision.
Richard J. Hayes, a retired Adjutant General in the Illinois National Guard, said a legal review will be part of the deployment.
“All levels of the military, you have a duty not to question orders but to make sure the orders you receive are legal – so there will be a legal review for sure,” he said.