(NewsNation) — Authorities have detained nearly a dozen people as of Friday morning in a Chicago suburb as protests continued outside an immigration processing facility.
Illinois State Police — armed with helmets, face shields and wooden batons — were seen pushing protesters back as a crowd gathered at the facility in Broadview, Illinois. The location has been the site of frequent, sometimes violent clashes between federal agents and protesters. Fencing that had previously surrounded the facility was removed.
The face-off between demonstrators and authorities comes just a day after a judge in Illinois ordered federal officers to wear body cameras during immigration operations, citing growing concerns over clashes with protesters.
However, some protesters outside the facility told NewsNation they were not convinced the cameras would hold agents accountable.
„Do body cameras even matter at this point when no one is being held accountable for any of their actions? When they are allowed to just blatantly lie, you know, and get away with it,“ said Demi Palecek, president of Chicago’s 46th ward Democrats.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis issued the order Thursday, saying she was startled by reports that agents used tear gas during confrontations with the public. The ruling followed a viral video showing federal agents deploying tear gas on crowds Tuesday. Ellis said she was “profoundly concerned” the agents had violated her order from last week, which required them to wear visible badges and banned certain crowd-control tactics.
She said she now wants all Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents involved in “Operation Midway Blitz” to wear body cameras and keep them activated during operations.
A Justice Department attorney said not all officers are equipped with cameras and that the ongoing government shutdown would make it difficult to comply. The judge also ordered Chicago’s ICE field director to appear in court Monday to explain how the agency will comply with the ruling.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who has spoken out against the deployment of federal agents to the state, celebrated Thursday’s ruling.
“The idea that there’s any justification for people tossing tear gas in the context of people’s protests, I think the judge reacted to that properly by ordering that now the federal agents are required to have body cameras on them because they clearly lie about what goes on,” Pritzker said.
Last year, ICE began deploying about 1,600 body cameras to officers involved in enforcement and removal operations. Other Homeland Security agencies, including Customs and Border Protection, already require some agents to wear cameras.
Another weekend of protests is planned outside the ICE processing facility in suburban Chicago. Police told NewsNation they were counting on the new body camera requirement and tighter crowd restrictions from the village mayor to help keep tensions under control.
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