Broadview, Illinois Mayor Thompson signed executive order imposing 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily curfew on ICE facility protests

On October 6, 2025, Broadview, Illinois Mayor Katrina Thompson signed Executive Order No. 2025-01, imposing fixed daily protest hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility on Beach Street and the designated protest area at 2000 South 25th Avenue. The order cited weeks of escalating clashes between federal agents and demonstrators amid "Operation Midway Blitz," the Trump administration's immigration-enforcement surge in the Chicago area, including ICE's use of tear gas, pepper spray, and rubber bullets against protesters and journalists. Thompson said the restriction was needed because "people have to go to work, they have to get their children ready for school, our businesses have to serve their customers," citing residents with disabilities affected by the "chaotic environment" when protests turned disruptive.

The order was issued under Thompson's authority as Village President pursuant to the Village Code, effective immediately and remaining in force until she determined the restriction "no longer necessary" to protect residents' health, safety, and welfare. It set no exception for protest activity outside the 9 a.m.-6 p.m. window, barring demonstration at a facility that had previously drawn protesters as early as 5 a.m. Thompson signed additional executive orders in the following weeks further narrowing where protesters could gather near the facility.

The ACLU of Illinois said it would monitor how the new hours were enforced; spokesperson Ed Yohnka placed responsibility for the restriction on the "increasingly militarized tactics and behavior of ICE and other federal officers" rather than on the protesters themselves. A Chicago attorney filed a federal lawsuit against Thompson and Broadview's police chief in October 2025, seeking to overturn the daily time limits as a First Amendment violation.

Updates

2026-03-22 — Federal judge granted preliminary injunction against protest curfew [5, 6]

U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang granted a preliminary injunction against Broadview's daily protest-hours restriction, ruling that its ongoing limits on protest "fail to survive First Amendment scrutiny." The ruling left the village free to maintain designated protest zones and impose narrower, event-specific limits for specific protests on specific days.