{"id":523041,"date":"2026-01-17T15:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/523041\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T15:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:22:22","slug":"large-no-kings-protest-planned-near-chicago-area-ice-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/523041\/","title":{"rendered":"Large \u2018No Kings\u2019 protest planned near Chicago-area ICE facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/y6dv5ak2416nczon.jpg\" alt=\"No Kings protest planned for ICE facility near Chicago\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><strong>BROADVIEW, Ill.<\/strong> &#8211; Potentially thousands of protesters are expected to show up near the ICE processing facility in west suburban Broadview on Saturday for a &#8220;No Kings&#8221; demonstration.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What to Expect:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The planned protest is leading to extra security measures and road closures in the village which saw weeks of demonstrations near the processing center during Operation Midway Blitz last year.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Saturday\u2019s &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protest is expected to draw between 2,000 and 5,000 participants starting at 10 a.m. until around 3 p.m., according to village officials.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The village is coordinating with state and local public safety agencies to manage the event and protect residents and nearby businesses.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gettyimages-2254863357.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS &#8211; JANUARY 09: An activist holds a sign reading &#8216;Justice for Renee Good&#8217; during a protest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing center on January 9, 2026, in Broadview, Illinois. Demonstrators gathered  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson said the village has been in regular contact with the event organizer, Carlos Alvarez-Aranyos.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;I appreciate Mr. Alvarez-Aranyos\u2019 cooperation and open dialogue throughout this process and his commitment to facilitate a peaceful First Amendment demonstration that aims to reinforce the message that the United States is a democracy committed to the rule of law, and not the rule of kings or tyrants,&#8221; she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The village is closing several roads on Saturday, beginning as early as 7 a.m.:<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">The I-290 southbound ramp at 25th Avenue will be closed.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">There will be no access from Indian Joe Road to Lexington Street.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Westbound traffic on Lexington Street will be closed from 25th Avenue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The village said 25th Avenue could also be closed between Lexington Street and Roosevelt Road if &#8220;crowd movement&#8221; makes it necessary.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Drivers are urged to plan alternate routes and allow for extra travel time. Residents are encouraged to run errands outside the demonstration window if possible.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/immigration\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Immigration<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/broadview\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broadview<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROADVIEW, Ill. &#8211; Potentially thousands of protesters are expected to show up near the ICE processing facility in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":523042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[69509,960,5404,5386,1818,409,50,68],"class_list":["post-523041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-broadview","tag-chicago","tag-cook-county","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-immigration","tag-news","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115911127607895214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}