""We are making a determination now: Do we go to Chicago? Or do we go to a place like New Orleans where we have a great governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to come in and straighten out a very nice section of this country that has become quite - quite tough, quite bad?" "You have New Orleans, which has a crime problem. We'll straighten that out in two weeks, easier than D.C.""
"The details in Illinois' lawsuit that has, thus far, at least, halted the invasion by the National Guard, reveal that even as lefties were celebrating the effect of Pritzker's firey rhetoric, ICE was laying the groundwork to create the excuse to send in troops. On September 2, 2025-as President Trump was repeatedly threatening a troop deployment in Chicago-ICE's Chicago Field Director Russell Hott and Assistant Field Director Jimmy Bahena met with Broadview's Chief of Police, Thomas Mills."
Governor Pritzker's August 27 statements did not prevent federal officials from pursuing plans related to deploying forces. President Trump shifted publicly from threatening Chicago to suggesting a move to New Orleans, framing the change around governors' willingness to invite federal forces. Illinois filed a lawsuit that has so far halted a National Guard deployment. The lawsuit's filings allege that ICE pursued actions to create justification for a federal intervention even as some celebrated state pushback. On September 2, 2025, ICE Chicago leadership met with Broadview's police chief amid repeated presidential threats of troop deployment.
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