Overview
- Video and witness accounts show masked federal agents leaving the Broadview ICE parking lot and spraying at least 10 protesters with high-powered pepper spray on Sept. 20, 2026, and Broadview Fire Department personnel took two people to a hospital.
- Protesters had been blocking the facility driveway and some can be seen holding onto the hood of an ICE vehicle as officers attempted to drive through, according to multiple videos cited by local outlets.
- The Department of Homeland Security said officers relied on training to clear a blocked driveway and that the site was cleared within an hour.
- The Coalition Against Broadview ICE Facility and on-site attorneys allege additional force including vehicle contact, forcible removal and shoving, and circulating videos and eyewitness statements are being used to support calls for oversight.
- The clash occurred on the one-year anniversary of violent encounters at Broadview during Operation Midway Blitz and revived scrutiny of ICE use-of-force records and demands for body camera footage or an independent federal review.