ICE told the Broadview, IL police department there would be a “shit show” this weekend, and they delivered.

On Friday and Saturday, ICE used tear gas and fired pepper balls at protesters outside their detention center in Broadview. They also detained several protesters and one reporter, Steve Held with Unraveled Press. Held was released Sunday Morning.

Sunday, ICE agents in full military gear “patrolled” downtown Chicago and River North. A commander even admitted they were detaining people based on how they look.

“Then obviously the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look, how do they look compare to, say, you?” he said to the reporter, a tall, middle-aged man of Anglo descent.

Bovino, who recently brought his “Operation At Large” deportation campaign from California to Illinois, made the comments about three weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court said federal agents could continue stopping people based on factors including race and language during the campaign in California. The court’s majority did not explain itself. (Chicago Sun-Times)

President Trump may not have sent the National Guard to Chicagoland, but ICE is showing that it can act like an occupying army.