ICE Chicago Operation Midway Blitz: Protester hit by car near Broadview ICE facility; Border Patrol chief in Chicago
A man says he was hit by a pick-up truck near the ICE processing facility in Broadview Wednesday night.
The head of US Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks landed in Chicago Thursday, and could be headed to the ICE processing facility in Broadview.
He posted on X saying, "We will not allow criminal aliens to take root in our communities."
This comes after overnight chaos, where a protester near the ICE facility made contact with a vehicle, according to the village of Broadview.
A Broadview spokesperson said they are, "Treating this incident as we would any other traffic accident where a pedestrian was struck."
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Cellphone video ABC7 received from a witness shows a man on a pickup truck's hood. The vehicle then drives away and the man falls off.
It's unclear what happened before the recording starts.
The victim was taken to Loyola Hospital and expected to be OK.
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Jose Ocegueda said he was walking to a gas station when he said the truck drove up on the sidewalk and hit his friend.
"As we were walking, we hear a car coming and one of my friends was like, 'Watch out' and so we looked and he just ran over my friend," witness Jose Ocegueda said.
The fencing put up by federal authorities also remains a point of contention.
The Broadview Fire Department has demanded ICE remove the fence, saying it could hamper their emergency response.
ABC7 has reached out to ICE for a response - but have not yet heard back.
