US EditionChicago 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.
- Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez stated, 'We need the National Guard to help take off the pressure from the Chicago Police Department' due to rising crime concerns.
- Community leaders in Chicago are preparing for the potential deployment of National Guard troops and immigration agents amid heightened concerns about safety and rights within immigrant and Black communities.
- President Donald Trump has indicated plans to mobilize federal authorities in Chicago, claiming that increased immigration enforcement and troop deployment are necessary despite local objections and previous legal challenges.
- Critics, including Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and civil rights activists, argue that the response to crime should focus on resources, not troops, highlighting anxiety in affected communities as they prepare for federal intervention.
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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.
Racist Watters Claims Blacks ‘Begging’ For Nat Guard In Chicago
I’ve written for years about Jesse Watters’ blatant racism and race baiting. But just in time to put lipstick on the pig of Donald Trump’s authoritarian plans to install the National Guard in Chicago, Watters pretended to have his finger on the pulse of the Black community in Chicago. Via Media Matters: WATTERS: If I'm a Democrat and I have the Obama strategist that won two elections tell me to do something, and then you have the strategy work …
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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