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Chicago prepares for an influx of National Guard troops and immigration agents
Chicago leaders oppose federal troop deployment aimed at crime and immigration enforcement despite a 30% drop in homicides and legal challenges against such operations.
- Federal agents are set to be deployed in Chicago beginning Friday as part of an operation lasting over a month, according to local officials.
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker stated that immigration authorities' plans are known to local law enforcement, but they cannot interfere with enforcement actions.
- Local leaders and organizers are preparing for potential protests and have postponed events amid fears of increased federal enforcement, according to Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson.
- Recent crime statistics show a significant decline in violence in Chicago, contradicting President Donald Trump's claims about crime levels in the city.
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Chicago Residents Brace for Trump Deployment of Federal Forces
With an ICE crackdown poised to begin this weekend and a massive raid already carried out in Georgia, grassroots activists are mobilizing to resist Residents living in the greater Chicago area are bracing for an influx of federal forces, including immigration enforcement agents, following statements by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Trump vowed on September 2 to send federal troops, including National Guard forces, into Chicago to combat …
Chicago prepares for Donald Trump's troops. Meanwhile, the US president issues a new threat.
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Trump threatens 'Apocalypse Now'-style action against Chicago to boost deportations
President Trump threatened the city with the deportation of undocumented immigrants, posting a reference to the film Apocalypse Now with the quote: "I love the smell of deportations in the morning."
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