Sept. 20 (UPI) — Three protesters were arrested after U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents clashed with more than “100 rioters” outside a processing center in west suburban Chicago, the Department of Homeland Security said.
The incident occurred on Friday morning outside the Broadview processing facility, in which “rioters assaulted law enforcement, threw tear gas cans, slashed tires of cars, blocked the entrance of the building, and trespassed on private property,” the agency said in a news release.
The situation at the facility, located 13 miles west of downtown Chicago, escalated during the day.
During the morning, vans picked up and dropped off rioters “as an organized effort to obstruct ICE law enforcement,” the agency said…