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ARTICLE VIEW:
Chicago braces for federal immigration enforcement operation while
Trump criticizes local officials
By Shania Shelton, CNN
Updated:
1:53 AM EDT, Tue September 2, 2025
Source: CNN
Officials in Chicago are bracing for a major federal that could begin
as soon as this week, with the city’s mayor signing an order over the
weekend aimed at resisting the Trump administration’s planned
crackdown.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Sunday such a move would be an
“invasion” and that he has had no communication with the Trump
administration about reported plans to send National Guard troops to
Chicago.
“No one in the administration – the president or anybody under him
– has called anyone in my administration, or me. So, it’s clear
that in secret they’re planning this – well, it’s an invasion
with US troops, if they in fact do that,” Pritzker said Sunday.
The operation is in Chicago by this Friday and could involve agents
from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border
Protection, and potentially be backed by guard forces in a peacekeeping
role, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning.
“We’ve already had ongoing operations with ICE in Chicago and
throughout Illinois and other states, making sure that we’re
upholding our laws, but we do intend to add more resources to those
operations,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on CBS
News’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday.
An immigration operation in the city would further escalate a clash
between the White House and Democratic-led cities and comes as
President Donald Trump and his aides have repeatedly slammed Chicago
over policies that limit cooperation between local authorities and
federal immigration enforcement.
Asked about expanding these operations beyond Chicago, Noem said that
the Trump administration has “not taken anything off the table,”
and specifically named San Francisco and Boston in addition to Chicago.
She suggested that Republican-led cities with crime problems were
“absolutely” also being evaluated.
Chicago has been preparing to try to resist Trump’s planned
immigration crackdown with Mayor Brandon Johnson Saturday providing
guidance and directives to the city’s agencies and law enforcement
“in the midst of escalating threats from the federal government.”
The mayor’s order “affirms” that Chicago police will not
“collaborate with federal agents on joint law enforcement patrols,
arrest operations, or other law enforcement duties including civil
immigration enforcement.” It also “urges” federal law enforcement
officers to use body cameras and refrain from wearing masks.
“We may see militarized immigration enforcement. We may also see
National Guard troops. We may even see active duty military and armed
vehicles in our streets. We have not called for this. Our people have
not asked for this, but nevertheless, we find ourselves having to
respond to this,” Johnson said before signing the executive order on
Saturday.
White House officials have made clear that these immigration
enforcement plans are distinct from the idea over the past week to use
federal law enforcement and National Guard troops to carry out a
broader crime crackdown in Chicago, similar to the current surge in
Washington, DC.
Trump took to social media Monday morning with a post celebrating what
he called a massive victory over crime in the nation’s capital and
taking sharp aim at Democratic leaders across the country for refusing
his floated plans for an aggressive federal anti-crime strategy in
their states as well.
He contrasted politicians who are resisting his plans with what he sees
as a more welcoming stance from Washington DC’s leadership. In the ,
Trump said DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s “statements and actions were
positive, instead of others like Pritzker, Wes Moore, Newscum, and the
5% approval rated Mayor of Chicago, who spend all of their time trying
to justify violent Crime, instead of working with us to completely
ELIMINATE it.”
Trump officials have been quick to criticize the Illinois governor and
defend potential federal policing in the state by pointing to crime
statistics.
Noem pointed to homicide statistics in Chicago on Sunday in a dig to
the governor, saying Pritzker “can talk about what a great job he’s
doing as governor, but he’s failing these families. … This seems
like it’s more about Gov. Pritzker’s ego now rather than actually
protecting his people.”
In a warning to Pritzker on Saturday, Trump told the governor to
quickly “straighten” out crime in Chicago or the federal government
will intervene.
“Six people were killed, and 24 people were shot, in Chicago last
weekend, and JB Pritzker, the weak and pathetic Governor of Illinois,
just said that he doesn’t need help in preventing CRIME. He is
CRAZY!!! He better straighten it out, FAST, or we’re coming!” Trump
.
At least 56 people were shot – seven of them fatally – in Chicago
over the holiday weekend. Roughly 34 shootings have been reported since
Friday at 10:32 p.m., with victims ranging in age from 14 to 48,
according to incident notifications published by the Chicago Police
Department.
Meanwhile, the Chicago mayor’s office last week a 21.6% decrease in
overall violent crime and a 32.3% decrease in homicides so far this
year.
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