Federal officials are planning an operation to send agents and possibly guard forces to Chicago to enforce immigration policies. Reports indicate involvement from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, with plans modeled on tactics used in Los Angeles, including armored vehicles and tactical gear. Illinois officials say they received no prior notice, and Governor JB Pritzker called the potential troop presence an invasion if carried out. Previous anti-immigrant raids in Los Angeles sparked mass demonstrations and led a federal judge to rule that troop deployment there violated the Posse Comitatus Act.
In June, the Trump administration's anti-immigrant raids in Los Angeles prompted mass demonstrations across the city. Despite California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's opposition, Trump sent in thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines to crush the protests. Today, a federal judge ruled that Trump's deployment of troops in Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the president from using the military to carry out domestic law enforcement activities.
"The operation is expected to kick off 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," CNN reported on Tuesday. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said on Sunday that no one from the Trump administration had contacted him or anyone in his office about the alleged plans.
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