* Background is here if you need it. Washington Post…
The Trump administration wants to use a Navy base north of Chicago as a launchpad for federal law enforcement activity against undocumented immigration, defense officials said Tuesday as the White House contemplates also deploying thousands of U.S. troops to the nation’s third-largest city amid rising tension with the Illinois governor. […]
Asked about its plans for the Navy base in Illinois, DHS tied the discussion to Trump’s call for safer cities, though the vast majority of those targeted for removal have no history of violent crime. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem said in an interview with NewsNation this week that DHS will have an “ICE strike team” in Chicago soon.
* Looks like we missed something…
An elite specialized tactical unit within Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be deployed to Chicago in the near future, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told NewsNation on Tuesday.
Noem, leaving a lengthy Trump administration Cabinet meeting at the White House, was asked by NewsNation if Chicago could be the next target of federal forces deployed by President Donald Trump.
“We’re going to have a strike team in Chicago soon,” Noem told NewsNation when asked about plans for the nation’s third-largest city. […]
(I)n her comments to NewsNation, Noem was referring to ICE “strike teams,” which are specialized units within the federal agency. In June, Chicago was among five cities run by Democratic leaders that were said to be considered for elite special response teams known as SRTs to be deployed, NewsNation previously reported. […]
The tactical units use BearCat tracked vehicles, long guns and tactical vests, typically in operations considered high risk. The elite special response teams are part of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, which is charged with “upholding America’s immigration laws and within and beyond our borders through efficient enforcement and removal operations,” ICE said.
Info here.
* More from the Sun-Times…
Another source familiar with the plan told the Sun-Times about 30 to 40 ICE agents had been practicing riot control tactics at the military installation for months, using flash-bang grenades and marching in phalanxes with shields. The source said the planned operation would likely involve more agents than had been previously running drills, noting that the barracks can house 200 people.
Months?
* The governor told reporters earlier today that he’d heard nothing official, but was hearing at least some through back channels…
You know at this point, so much of it is rumor, even things that we’re hearing through our office, people calling who are not calling in their official capacity to let us know what’s going on. We only know so much right now. It’s hard to tell.
- Norseman - Wednesday, Aug 27, 25 @ 8:09 pm:
Many people are saying that the special squad of secret police are good at provoking conflict to give dear leader grounds to call out the guard.
- Shytown - Wednesday, Aug 27, 25 @ 8:40 pm:
So he’s sending in the Schutzstaffel?
- Occasionally Moderated - Wednesday, Aug 27, 25 @ 9:06 pm:
Good catch on the “months” thing Rich.
Something is wrong with that. No one trains that for months. Maybe they have been running one day recerts there, might even be ISP running recerts…