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Trump says Chicago mayor, Illinois governor 'should be in jail for failing to protect' ICE officers
- On Wednesday, October 8, President Donald Trump publicly called for the imprisonment of Chicago’s mayor and Illinois’s governor, accusing them of failing to adequately protect ICE agents.
- This statement followed weeks of rising tensions after the White House ordered National Guard troops to Chicago on October 4, despite vocal opposition from state and city officials.
- Governor Pritzker criticized the federal deployment as a 'manufactured performance' and said calling in troops within state borders is 'outrageous' and unnecessary.
- Chicago and Illinois responded by filing a lawsuit on Monday, arguing that the troop deployment is 'unlawful and dangerous,' while a federal judge allowed troops' presence pending an October 9 hearing.
- The standoff underscores deep conflict between local leaders and the Trump administration as protests, arrests, and federal immigration raids add to the unrest in Chicago.
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Trump urges jail for Illinois, Chicago leaders
What happenedThe Texas National Guard began operations in the Chicago area Wednesday night, the Pentagon said, as about 1,000 demonstrators marched down Michigan Avenue to protest the deployment and the aggressive, sometimes violent, federal immigration operations around the city. Earlier Wednesday, President Donald Trump said on social media that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) “should be in jail for failin…
JB Pritzker And Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Clap Back Hard After Trump Calls For Their Arrests
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson criticized President Donald Trump after he proclaimed the two Democrats should "be in jail" for refusing to cooperate with ICE immigration raids.Trump’s post came a day after Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois, against objections from Democrats. For weeks, Trump has threatened to send troops to Chicago under the banner of a crime-fighting and immigration crackdown.On Mo…
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News24 | Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor ‘for failing to protect ICE officers’
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for the Democratic governor of Illinois and mayor of Chicago to be jailed for resisting his mass deportation campaign, a day after armed troops from Texas arrived in the state.
Trump Says Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson “Should Be in Jail” for Not Protecting ICE Officers, “Governor Pritzker Also”
(The Daily Signal)—President Donald Trump said Illinois’ Democrat leaders deserve to be in jail for letting crime run rampant in the city. “Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Wednesday morning. “Governor Pritzker also!” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker have vocally opposed Trump’s deployment of 300 Texas National Guard members to clean up crime in the city and prote…
Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment
CHICAGO: President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago’s mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy troops to the streets of the third-largest US city. Neither Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson nor Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker have been accused of criminal wrongdoing, though both have emerged as prominent opponents of Trump’s immigration crackdown and deployment of National Guard …
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