Federal officials said Sunday that the Broadview ICE processing center will stay open, rejecting reports that the suburban Chicago facility would shut down after weeks of escalating protests.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in west suburban Broadview remains open, despite a weekend of protests and confrontations outside the facility and questions about its future. READ

On Sunday, President Donald Trump upped his calls to bring National Guard troops to Chicago during a memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Trump claimed that the last words Kirk said to him before he was fatally shot while speaking at a college in Utah were to “save Chicago.”

Chicago Tribune visual journalist Stacey Wescott has been making pictures in and around Chicago for 26 years. On Friday, she was assigned to document a protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding center in Broadview,

Tensions escalated Sunday between protesters and armed guards in Broadview, with some on the roof firing off what appeared to be pepper bullets. Families of ICE detainees received word that their loved ones may be moved to another location.

Tensions escalated again Sunday night outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in west suburban Broadview, where about 20 to 30 protestors gathered along Beach Street. Meanwhile,

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday signed an executive order designed to protect the rights of protesters following actions taken during a recent demonstration outside an ICE facility in the area.