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Trump administration plans major immigration-enforcement operation in Chicago

  1. Original Date Announced

    August 29, 2025

    CNN reports that the Trump administration is preparing to conduct a “major immigration operation” in Chicago. The operation will include personnel from ICE, CBP, and possibly other agencies. Officials are also preparing the National Guard to help if a "peacekeeping" presence is needed. Preparations, already underway, include sending armored vehicles to the city and surging federal agents. The blueprint for the operation is the administration's actions in Los Angeles.

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    2025.08.29 Reported: Trump administration plans big immigration enforcement operation in Chicago as soon as next week - CNN
  2. Effective Date

    August 30, 2025
  3. Subsequent Trump and Court Action

    August 30, 2025

    2025.08.30 Chicago - Executive Order Denouncing Any Attempts to Deploy the US Armed Forces in Chicago and to Establish the protecting Chicago Initiative

    Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an executive order outlining how the city will work to resist the anticipated immigration-enforcement operation. The executive order "demands" that President Trump "stand down from any attempts to deploy the U.S. Armed Forces . . . in Chicago." It further provides that "no [Chicago Police Department] personnel shall be assigned joint law enforcement patrols, arrest operations, or other law enforcement duties alongside federal law enforcement, or military personnel, or National Guard units engaging in civil immigration enforcement." It also establishes the Protecting Chicago Initiative to coordinate the City's work "to promote the well-being and safeguard the rights of all Chicagoans in response to threats arising from the actions and inactions of the federal government."

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