"Olegario Gomez, according to his wife, is one of the undocumented immigrants inside, detained on Thursday as he left his home during one of the mass raids that ICE has been carrying out in Chicago and its surroundings in the so-called Operation Midway Blitz since the US president gave the green light a month ago to the deployment of agents from that agency in the self-proclaimed sanctuary city."
"Gomez, according to his wife, who went to Broadview to see him on Friday, has a broken arm from the struggle, but has not received treatment. Gomez and other detainees awaiting transfer to other centers complain of poor sanitary conditions, overcrowding, freezing temperatures, and minimal access to medical services. They have to sleep on the floor because they don't have beds, and they don't give them blankets for the cold."
"The grim Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center at the entrance to Broadview, a small, predominantly African American town about 15 miles southwest of Chicago, has its entrances blocked by concrete blocks and metal fences. Dozens of police vehicles surround it. This huge dark brick block, where detainees report deplorable conditions and where National Guard soldiers were deployed on Thursday, is the focus of protests in the metropolis against Donald Trump's policy of mass deportations."
An ICE detention center at Broadview, near Chicago, is secured with concrete blocks, metal fences, and surrounded by dozens of police vehicles. National Guard soldiers were deployed and the facility has become the focal point of daily protests against mass deportation efforts. The raids, called Operation Midway Blitz, have detained more than a thousand people in the Chicago area. Detainees report overcrowding, poor sanitation, freezing temperatures, lack of beds and blankets, and minimal medical care. Some detainees suffered injuries, including a man whose wife says he has a broken arm and has not received treatment. Police responses have included pepper spray and tear gas.
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