ICE planning major operations in Chicago as soon as next week, according to reports
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The Trump administration is making plans for an immigration crackdown in Chicago, according to multiple news outlets.
A major immigration enforcement operation could come to the city as soon as next week, CNN and The New York Times both reported on Aug. 28, citing unnamed administration sources. It comes after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, both Democrats, criticized President Trump's plan to send the National Guard into Chicago, as Trump did earlier this month in Washington DC...
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