Broadview ICE Facility
detention center in the United States
The Broadview ICE Facility or Broadview ICE Detention Center, officially the Broadview Processing Center, is a facility operated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Broadview, Illinois.
History
The facility was constructed in the 1970s and had been an immigration-related facility since 2006. In 2017, the facility stopped processing all Mexico-bound detainees and transferred this task to a different facility 70 miles (110 km) south. In 2019 several security upgrades such as surveillance cameras were installed. The location has functioned as a federal immigration processing center for many years.
Beginning in December 2006, Presbyterian pastor David Black organized weekly clergy gatherings to pray outside the facility on Friday mornings. He was soon joined by attorney Royal Berg and Sisters JoAnn Persch and Pat Murphy, who formed the Illinois Community for Displaced Immigrants and led advocacy efforts for the passage of a 2008 Illinois law that mandated that immigrants in detention can access spiritual care. The Friday morning protests have continued for over nineteen years.
Since the start of Operation Midway Blitz in late 2025, Broadview has been the scene of many protests, incidents, and court actions. "Inhumane conditions" such as "poor ventilation" and "cramped cells" and lack of access to lawyers have been reported at the facility in 2025, although the United States Department of Homeland Security has denied these claims.
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