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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 5h

The tiny zone on Beach St. just north of the ICE facility is still there, but the big one on 25th is now shut down.

Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 5h

"… They deserve stability, safety, and respect. They deserve the love and kindness that define who we are as a community. Thank you and have a love and kindness kind of day." 8/8
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47K views · 714 reactions | Leaders including IL House Speaker Welch speak outside Broadview ICE facility: https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-fencing-around-broadview-facility-set-removed-live/1...

Leaders including IL House Speaker Welch speak outside Broadview ICE facility: https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-fencing-around-broadview-facility-set-removed-live/17997242/.

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 5h

"…unleashed by agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers—attacks that are also endangering Broadview police & Broadview firefighters. However, my 1st responsibility is to protect public safety and to defend the people of Broadview who live here, work here and pay taxes here.… 7/8

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 5h

"… standing for justice and humanity. As I've said many times, I respect, support, and defend protesters' right to peacefully First Amendment protect their speech. I, too, am outraged by the inhumane treatment of our immigrant brothers and sisters and by the unprovoked chemical attacks… 6/8

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 5h

“… This decision was made to protect lives. It's been only by God's grace that no one has been seriously injured or killed as protesters dart into traffic on that busy four-lane street. The new measure protects both the safety of protesters and the serenity of Broadview residents … 5/8

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 5h

“… I have issued a new executive order effective immediately. The protests will only be permitted at designated safety zones located at the ICE facility on Beach Street. The previous safety zone on 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore will no longer be used for demonstrations. … 4/8

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 5h

“… creating chaos at the expense of those who live here. Our residents do not have the privilege to retreat to quiet neighborhoods once the cameras are gone. They live here, they work here, and they deserve peace. therefore in consultation with the Illinois State Police & Cook County Sheriff. … 3/8

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 5h

“And as both a mother and a mayor, I was, and I remain, deeply upset by what occurred.
Let me be clear. Broadview did not choose to have the ICE facility in our community, but it's here and so are our residents. There have been far too many protesters raising a fist instead of their voices … 2/8

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 5h

Broadview (Ill.) Mayor Katrina Thompson on why she's closing ICE protesters' 'safety zone':

“… This past Saturday night, … protests at the ICE facility descended into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those arrested were around the ages of my own daughter. … 1/8 🧵

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 6h

To clarify: No new "free speech zones" are opening. Broadview is closing the one on 25th Street, immediately off of I-290, where many of the protests have been. 1/

Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 8h

Just Beach St north of Lexington? Or are they opening up more of Beach? I'd think that No Kings on Saturday could easily overflow the 500 feet between Lexington and Indian Joe…

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 1d

We’re also now in the era of actually good halftime shows? In the time of “Salute to the Peanuts gang” or “Here’s Gloria Estefan again!” a little mini-sermon was like “ok fine I guess; what else am I gonna do”

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 2d

Today's lesson from Broadview: Seems that churches can cross the line to feed state police but not to give Communion to the detained. (Salvation Army is a church.)

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 2d

SewingSue @sewingsue.bsky.social · 2d

At the ice detention center in Broadview, Illinois on October 11. Chris are asking for admission to the detention center to minister to the detains to give them communion and pray with them. Father Dan Haetnett is leaving us in prayer.

Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 2d

Livestream is still live, will likely be archived:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YksI...

LIVE: Chicago ICE Protest Chicago, IL

YouTube video by Mercado Media

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like blessings after ICE bars entry?
bsky.app/profile/unra...

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Request denied/unanswered.

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 2d

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Father Larry attempts to walk toward the detention center.

ISP prevent people from moving forward. Lieutenant Col Bradley says he's making a call and dialing the ICE facility, but also says people may be waiting a while.

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like a good sermon. Please ping me if you've got more than this snippet.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Religious leaders here are not mincing words. They have repeatedly used the word "evil."

"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 2d

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Music now.

Grim reminder: people held inside the detention center have reported it's impossible to hear much coming from outside.

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 2d

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

A group of hundreds of faith in coalition who started at a Maywood church just arrived at the detention center for a eucharistic procession.

They want to offer communion to detainees inside, but won't be able to get past the barricades and fence on Beach Street.

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 2d

Esther Yoon-Ji Kang of WBEZ is on site, reporting through audio, text, and photos.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility

Meanwhile, a day after a judge ordered the removal of a fence erected by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, barricades were being put up in front of the fence on Saturday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 2d

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 2d

Scenes from today's (Saturday's) Eucharistic procession to the Broadview ICE facility (different from yesterday's Communion service outside the facility!) 🧵 1/

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Reposted by Ted Olsen

Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not talking about the kind of thing you can photograph or advertise, though goodness knows religious imagery has been a major part of the wave of protest and dissent we’re seeing at the moment. It’s just this background thing that runs alongside everything else that’s going on.

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 2d

Both the article AND thread are worth a read.

Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 2d

Went to church and a bunch of other places with Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson as she navigates an intense chapter in the life of the village and the country as a whole.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/r...

Refusing ‘a position of fear,’ Broadview’s mayor deals with ICE and a national spotlight

Broadview, the 2.2 square-mile, majority-Black village, where Katrina Thompson is in her third term as mayor, has become the locus of what she sees as both a spiritual fight and a political battle.

www.chicagotribune.com

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