Sharing clips below and talking points from the Hands Off Chicago coalition, with an update to reflect the news that Trump appears to be backing away from the threat of sending the National Guard, even as the surge of ICE agents continues to threaten Chicago.
Trump Appears to Back Away from National Guard Threat
Crain’s Chicago Business: Trump backs away from Chicago troop deployment threat
Illinois Politico Playbook: Trump’s ‘upside-down’ world jars Chicago
“Operation Midway Blitz”
Chicago Sun-Times: On Chicago’s first full day of ‘Operation Midway Blitz,’ fear, tension and a ‘reality show’
Chicago Tribune: Immigration enforcement subdued Tuesday as local officials brace for Trump’s ‘Operation Midway Blitz’
CBS Chicago: Operation Midway Blitz immigration operations underway in Chicago: Live updates
Chicago Sun-Times: ICE operations ramp up in Chicago ahead of Mexican Independence Day
Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson
NPR’s Morning Edition – interview with Gov Pritzker at the National Museum of Mexican Art: Trump says he’s fighting crime. Illinois Gov. Pritzker sees a power grab before 2026
Governor JB Pritzker on X: The police in Illinois work closely with the ATF to get guns off our streets, with the FBI to arrest gang members, and with the DEA to destroy the fentanyl trade. So why is Trump sabotaging our ongoing work with federal law enforcement partners?
ICYMI from Monday: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Op-Ed in the New York Times: Chicago’s Mayor: The National Guard Isn’t What We Need
Axios Chicago: Trump’s ICE targets Chicago amid objections from mayor, Illinois governor
Yesterday’s “Ice Out of Chicago” Protest Downtown
Fox 32 Chicago: Protesters march in downtown Chicago against immigration crackdown
CBS Chicago: Protestors held march, rally in downtown Chicago against Trump’s immigration crackdown
ABC Chicago: ICE operation ‘Midway Blitz’ continues in Chicago as protest draws hundreds downtown
Other News
Chicago Tribune: A Lake County veteran asked people on social media to join her protesting outside Naval Station Great Lakes. Roughy 600 people showed up.
Fox 32 Chicago: Chicago, more suburbs issue warnings about possible ICE activity
WGN Chicago: VIDEO: Here’s how ICE agents operate at courthouses, inside jails
Chicago Sun-Times: Celebration in Pilsen will be held in light of El Grito festival delay
WBEZ: What local colleges are telling students to do during increased federal immigration enforcement
Block Club Chicago: As Immigrant-Owned Businesses Suffer Due To ICE Fears, Advocates Urge Chicagoans To ‘Shop Locally’
The New York Times: Who Are Chicago’s Immigrants?
“Almost 40 percent of immigrants living in Chicago are from Mexico. More than 800,000 of the city’s 2.7 million residents identify as Hispanic or Latino.”