The mayor of west suburban Broadview is calling on the federal government to shut down a de facto immigration detention center that was the epicenter of protests — and violent responses from federal agents — that engulfed the small village last fall.
Mayor Katrina Thompson is also asking the feds for a more than $700,000 reimbursement to make up for operational costs incurred by the village and economic losses suffered by two businesses adjacent to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during Operation Midway Blitz, the intense deportation campaign that peaked from September through November.
She made the requests during a visit to Washington, D.C., earlier this month and in a letter to several members of the Illinois congressional delegation…