Posted on 10/15/2025 6:20:58 AM PDT by MtnClimber
An 8-foot security fence surrounding the Broadview, Illinois Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility has been removed at the order of a U.S. District Court judge.
Judge Lashonda Hunt ordered the removal of the security fence last Friday, claiming that the temporary fence was on municipal land without permission and allegedly violated local ordinances by blocking emergency vehicles.
Hunt had ruled that the fence violated safety code because the gate was 16 feet wide, rather than the 20-foot requirement adopted by the village under the International Fire Code.
The judge’s order stated: “DHS’s Beach Street gate creates a quasi-federal zone where the Village’s ability to respond to emergencies is hindered and only allows it to provide lifesaving services at the whims and fancies of the Federal Defendants.”
The timing of the removal of the fence has raised concerns that there will be one less barrier between ICE agents and protesters during this coming weekend’s large-scale “no kings day” protests scheduled across the nation.
ICE has appealed the judge’s decision, citing security concerns over the likelihood of widespread protests this weekend.
The fence was first put up in September, following violent clashes between protesters and ICE agents as well as the blocking of ICE vehicles and the slashing of tires.
Antifa activists tend to block the entrances and exits to ICE facilities, requiring officers to physically confront and arrested agitators in order to open a path for vehicles.
Contrary to the judge’s claim, the fence did not obstruct the passage of emergency vehicles like fire trucks and ambulances, which had their own separate access routes that were kept clear by the barrier.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began dismantling the fence just before the court’s midnight deadline last night.
Whether the removal of the security fence makes ICE agents easier targets for the planned “no kings day” unrest, remains to be seen.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is appealing another federal judge’s decision temporarily blocking it from sending National Guard troops to Chicago to assist federal officers, including ICE personnel, in addressing violent crime there.
The Ice agents may be left with no choice except to shoot. Probably the situation the left is trying to orchestrate.
Dumber than her glasses
Have Trump designate the Judge’s house as an ICE facility and send them to the e Judge’s house. Let Antifa destroy that house.
Listen to Tuckers show a Alex Jones where he describes the Podesta plan
“Lashonda” huh?
Ignore it.
Ignore the judge.
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Judges are already paid by the cartels. I wish they could be ignored.
Sounds like a Swedish Methodist to me.
DEI hire by Joe Biden.
Yes. “LaShonda” is Swedish. ;-)
I had to look her up. The spelling in the excerpt is wrong.
NO!
Yea, she was Kip’s gal In Napoleon Dynamite.
[[Hunt had ruled that the fence violated safety code]]
Weird, b3cause she is violating their right to safety by ordering it be removed. Why does she get to violate the safety of a gov agency? Surely there is a way to acco odate emergency vehicles AND provide security for ice agents- cznt bethat hard to do both!
“ Judge Lashonda Hunt “
Mm hm.
lol! Lashanda/LaFawnda ok
someone from the judicial branch cannot tell members of the executive branch what to do
if that’s their interest, the have to do thru the executive.
President Trump will gladly take their request into consideration... then dismiss it with prejudice in an abundance of concern for the safety of the officers.
meanwhile, someone should do a deep dive on the judge’s financials (and those of his family members)
Yup.
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