Chicago Tribune: Gov. JB Pritzker expecting federal ‘actions’ by weekend as local officials brace for 300 immigration agents (gift link)
Chicago Tribune: North Chicago and Waukegan officials brace for 300 ICE agents at Naval Station Great Lakes (gift link)
Chicago Sun-Times: Flash-bang grenades and early morning raids: How Trump is planning to target Chicago
ABC 7 Chicago: Expanded ICE operations in Chicago expected to start Saturday, Governor Pritzker says
Block Club Chicago: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown In Chicago Expected To Last More Than A Month
Capitol Fax: The reality behind the rhetoric
The TRiiBE: We keep us safe: Trainings, workshops and resources for Chicagoans ahead of Trump’s feds deployment
Senator Dick Durbin on Bluesky: Senate Judiciary Republicans must schedule a hearing on Donald Trump’s threats to deploy the military to Chicago and other American cities.
Senator Tammy Duckworth on Bluesky: @durbin.senate.gov and I are demanding a meeting with the Secretary of the Navy. Our troops deserve answers.
Trump Suggests Sending Troops to New Orleans Instead of Chicago
Associated Press: Trump suggests National Guard could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state
Politico Playbook Illinois: Trump blinks on National Guard threat
“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?” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
WGN Chicago: Trump seemingly walks back decision on sending troops to Chicago
Mexican Independence Day Events
Chicago Sun-Times: Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade to be held with precautions amid potential deportation campaign
NBC News: Pritzker ‘deeply concerned’ about ICE targeting Chicago’s Mexican Independence Day events
CBS Chicago: Mexican Independence Day parade postponed in Waukegan, Illinois
CTU Calls for Remote Learning Option Amid Raid Threats
Chicago Sun-Times: CTU calls for remote learning option for families amid looming immigration raids (also on WGN Chicago)
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Other News
Chicago Sun-Times: ICE detains woman at Chicago courthouse as Trump threatens to ramp up immigration enforcement
WBEZ: Residents of Chicago’s most violent block don’t want Trump to send the National Guard
Fox 32 Chicago: Veterans urge National Guard to resist possible deployment in Chicago (also covered in Axios, the Chicago Sun Times, and the Chicago Tribune)