WASHINGTON. – The president Donald Trump Plan to display more than 200 agents from the Department of National Security (DHS) in Chicago as part of a new offensive against immigration in calls “Sanctuary cities”.
According to a report of The New York Timesthe Naval Station of Los Lagoslocated on the outskirts of Chicago, it would serve as the basis of operations for raids, whose beginning would be scheduled for September 2.
The plan includes 30 days of operations in the Metropolitan area of Chicago, with the capacity to house 250 DHS, establish a center of tactical operations and an incident command post. The official application to use the facilities still requires the approval of the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth.
The former ICE chief and Trump’s border tsar, Tom Homan, confirmed that Chicago will be one of the main objectives.
Rejection from Chicago
“They will see an increase in operations in Chicago, in New York and will also continue in Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle,” he said. “All these sanctuary cities refuse to cooperate with ICE, freeing threats to public security every day. We will address that.”
The city’s democratic mayor, Brandon JohnsonHe condemned the decision and described it as a dangerous tactic.
“This plan seems like a repetition of what happened in Los Angeles, where ICE agents were used as a pretext to justify greater escalation with federal agents and national guard troops,” he said. “We reject any attempt to put the inhabitants of Chicago at risk for political purposes.”
An unusual logistics deployment
According to him New York Timesthe logistics plan contemplates not only office space and parking for 140 vehicles, but also laundry infrastructure, medical supplies and non -letal weapons storage such as rubber bullets and tear gas.
A senior DHS official defended the initiative ensuring that the Trump administration seeks to “make the streets again be safe” and that the operations will be focused on arresting and deporting immigrants with criminal records.
“Under the secretary Kristi Noem, Ice and CBP work overtime to fulfill the mandate of the American people: arrest and deport illegal criminal immigrants and make the United States be safe again, ”said the official to The New York Post.
