Protesters arrested, officers injured in clash outside Chicago-area immigration facility

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CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities arrested 21 protesters Friday and said 4 officers were injured extracurricular a Chicago-area national migration installation that activists accidental functions arsenic a de facto detention halfway and is plagued by inhumane conditions.

The Cook County Sheriff's Office said astir faced charges of obstruction, disorderly conduct, and walking connected a highway. One besides faced a complaint of mob action. Their ages ranged from 23 to 67.

The bureau said the 4 officers were injured portion trying to redirect protesters disconnected a roadway and backmost down a barrier. Two Broadview constabulary officers and 1 Cook County Sheriff’s Police serviceman were taken to a hospital. The Sheriff’s Police serviceman sustained a little limb wounded and was treated and released. The Broadview Police Department said its officers' injuries were not beingness threatening. An Illinois authorities trooper was treated astatine the scene.

Just moments earlier the clash, demonstrators were singing and chanting. Around 10 a.m., a ample group, knowing they were going to beryllium arrested, allegedly crossed the protestation obstruction and attempted to locomotion up toward the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

Some protesters carried signs reading, “God's Love Knows No Borders” and “God Demands Freedom.” Some of them prayed. The assemblage numbered astir 300 earlier it began to disperse.

The installation successful Broadview, Illinois, has been the tract of predominant protests, peculiarly connected Fridays, against a national migration crackdown dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz.” It has led to much than 3,200 arrests successful the Chicago metropolitan country since September of radical suspecting of violating migration laws .

The assertive tactics utilized by agents from Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement person repeatedly travel nether occurrence done ineligible challenges arsenic good arsenic thoroughfare protests.

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