This week’s top photo comes from Visual Journalist Zubaer Khan. Follow him on Bluesky and Instagram.
What makes this photo great?
What I like about this photo is that it places you right in the middle of the chaos. It is as if you are standing with the people on the edges of the frame, watching the situation unfold at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview.
How did you get the shot?
The gate to the ICE facility parking lot opened, and I knew the situation was about to escalate. Last week, Broadview police had acted as a buffer between protesters and ICE. Now, they were stationed at the end of the street. I had no protective gear, so I positioned myself with my back to the only exit and tried to steady my hands.
Protesters immediately blocked the exiting ICE vehicle, and a clash broke out between them and the special response team. From the roof of the facility, ICE agents began shooting nonlethal rounds and at least one canister of chemical irritant.
During the chaos, I had to force myself to slow down and focus on my job. With people screaming and running in every direction, I had to be still and see. That was when I spotted the man in the photo being arrested. I got into position and waited for a clear shot.
Technical details:
Equipment: Sony A7III
Focal length: 120mm
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/400
ISO: 100
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A protester speaks to an ICE officer behind a fence outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Friday.
Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times
Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s El Centro Sector Gregory Bovino stands with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to face protesters outside of an ICE facility in Broadview on Friday.
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A protester is pushed by a federal officer outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Friday.
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A protester is shoved out of the way as agents clear the way for a vehicle outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Friday.
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
A protester is treated after being pepper sprayed outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Friday.
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
As a supporter of President Donald Trump watches nearby, 26-year-old Ana, who asked not to provide her last name because of concerns for her safety, cries as she talks on the phone Thursday outside the ICE facility in Broadview hours after her fiancé, Tomas Alberto Perez Hernandez, was detained by ICE.
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort detainees into the ICE facility in Broadview, on Wednesday.
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Mari Gimenez, the wife of Willian Gimenez Gonzalez, a day laborer who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, wipes tears on her face during a news conference Sept. 13.
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Federal agents walk by with their faces covered as people wait outside for information about their detained loved ones at the ICE facility in Broadview on Thursday.
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
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Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times
A woman wears traditional Mexican attire during the 54th annual Mexican Independence Day Parade in Little Village on Sunday.
Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times
Horseback riders wave flags during the 54th annual Mexican Independence Day Parade in Little Village, on Sunday.
Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times
Northwestern University sociology professor Laura Beth Nielsen, seen in her office Thursday, faced threats of rape after appearing on the Turning Point USA website’s watchlist.
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Chicago Blackhawks forwards Nathan Behm (64) and Brett Seney (62) practice during the training camp at Fifth Third Arena in the Near West Side on Thursday.
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Chicago Bears running back D’Andre Swift (4) fumbles during the first quarter against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on Sunday.
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) gets sacked by Detroit Lions defensive end Aiden Hutchinson (97) during the fourth quarter at Ford Field on Sunday.
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) jumps into the stands to celebrate a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears at Ford Field on Sunday.
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Venezia Lira, 8, who is in the third grade, hugs her mom Keisse Lira before going into the playground outside Chase Elementary School in Logan Square.
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A couple comforts one another at a vigil for Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez at West Grand Avenue and Emerson Street in Franklin Park on Monday. Villegas-Gonzalez was shot and killed by ICE officers during a traffic stop last week.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
Knuckle Puck bandmates Kevin Maida and Joe Taylor stand in a parking garage at Navy Pier.
