The clock was ticking on Tuesday night in suburban Broadview as the deadline neared for the federal government to remove fencing outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing center.
Village officials previously demanded that ICE agents take down fencing erected around the facility, saying it posed a safety hazard as it blocked fire department access to a road.
Last week, a federal judge ordered the fence to be taken down by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday.
But what if the government doesn’t comply?
Alexa Van Brunt, a Chicago-based attorney with the Illinois MacArthur Justice Center, discussed the possibility with NBC Chicago.
“When any party, any litigant, ignores a court order, you are facing potential contempt proceedings,” Van Brunt explained. “Judges have a lot of discretion to take certain actions.”
Van Brunt also directs the Civil Rights Litigation Clinic at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.
“What we really need to be concerned about is that they are held accountable for ignoring the law,” she said.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin defended the erected fences in a previous statement to NBC Chicago.
“DHS is extending fencing surrounding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Broadview Processing Center after rioters and sanctuary politicians obstructed law enforcement, threw tear gas cans, rocks, bottles, and fireworks, slashed tires of cars, blocked the entrance of the building, and trespassed on private property,” she said.
Outside the ICE facility, more protests took place on Tuesday afternoon.
Less than a mile away, outside village hall, a one-man press conference was held by the Revolutionary Black Panther Party, demanding the mayor and village cease and desist limiting peaceful protest hours to the hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the ICE facility.
“This restriction has been unlawful, and state police have been aggressors,” said Dr. Alli Muhammad with the Revolutionary Black Panther Party.
They also asked that the concrete barriers be removed because they obstruct public visibility and access to the facility and surrounding sidewalks.
“The facility is open 24 hours… so we have a right to assemble in peace 24 hours,” Muhammad said.
The Illinois State Police Unified Command issued a news release on Tuesday, announcing additional safety measures to ensure public safety that it said “ensures the safe expression of First Amendment rights.”
Among those are the closures of sidewalks along the east and west sides of 25th Avenue between Filmore and Lexington streets. Police will also maintain the designated protest and media areas.
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