Protesters Violently Arrested as ICE Barbie Stages Photo Op
Friday before 8 am, the interior security secretary, Kristi Noem, was spotted with a rooftop shooting team of an immigration and customs application of Customs in BroadView, Illinois, where demonstrators in the street below met an aggressive force throughout the morning.
The installation has become a flash due to its use in the operation of the Trump Midway Blitz administration in Illinois.
“They engage crimes against humanity there,” said Kat Abughazaleh, a Democratic candidate in the United States in Illinois said The New Republic Last month, after having been thrown into the ground by an ice agent during a demonstration outside the installation. In recent weeks, many Protestant Illinoisans in the center have been discussed, dragged, gassed and otherwise threatened by masked federal agents dressed in tactical equipment.
Friday’s social media images show highly militarized federal police, including officers with many agenciesA shielded vehicleAnd snipers parked on the roof – as well as violent skirmishes in which demonstrators have been transported, with more than one dozen have reported arrests.
🚨 now occurs: a strong military presence outside the installation of BroadView Ice in Illinois.
Elite shooters can be seen on armored vehicles. Protesters are also arrested.
It’s crazy. It is no longer America. pic.twitter.com/pvakidqfbi– Ron Smith (@ ronxyz00) October 3, 2025
Local and state police were also present, arousing criticism, although the police say that they “did not help the ice of any detention operation”, in accordance CBS News.
While the demonstrators met below early Friday morning, Noem was video on the roof of the installation by a ABC7 Chicago helicopter. The interior security secretary, including photo sessions.
The commander of the border patrol joins Noem for the commander of the border patrol Gregory Bovino, who finally joined the fray below, as a journalist Taha Syed recorded it Shouting to a protester before accumulating on him.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Fix. “Federal agents who come under Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching families, scareing respectful law residents, raping the rights of regular procedure and even holding American citizens,” he wrote.
“Secretary Noem should no longer be able to intervene in the state of Illinois without any form of public responsibility,” said Pritzker, appealing to the press conference. “The Illinois is not an opportunity for a photo or a war zone,” he added, “it is a sovereign state where our people deserves rights, respect and responses.”
