Navy Base to Host Federal Agents Amid Chicago Immigration Crackdown
TL;DR
The Department of Homeland Security has requested the use of Naval Station Great Lakes near Chicago as a staging area for an immigration crackdown involving up to 250 federal agents and 140 vehicles, indicating a potential large-scale operation targeting suspected illegal immigrants in the area.
- Navy base to serve as hub for up to 250 federal agents for Chicago immigration crackdown, memo indicates CBS News
- National Guard Chicago: Illinois communities brace for expanded ICE operations, protests this weekend ABC7 Chicago
- Protesters head to suburban ICE facility as immigration enforcement expected to last 6 weeks NBC 5 Chicago
- Pentagon approves use of Navy base for Chicago ICE operations The Washington Post
- Gov. JB Pritzker, others in Chicago preach peaceful protests as naval base OK’d for immigration enforcement Chicago Tribune
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