What Pritzker expects in Chicago in coming days

[struggle4progress]

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... "First, Donald Trump is positioning armed federal agents and staging military vehicles on federal property, such as the Great Lakes Naval base. It is likely those agents will be with ICE, Customs and Border Patrol, the Department of Homeland Security and other similarly situated federal agencies. Many of these individuals are being relocated from Los Angeles for deployment in Chicago," the governor said.

Pritzker said he expects agents are planning to "raid Latino communities and say they're targeting violent criminals" and that Trump "will be looking for any excuse to put active duty military on our streets, supposedly to protect ICE."

"We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois," Pritzker said.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates/?id=125150863

[vapor2]

1. Is Pritzker taking this to court? I hope

[mucifer]

3. Yes he has said that

[OC375]

2. Boots on the ground

That's the point of all this. Presence. Occupy ground and then move out from there. Crime and ICE are secondary. Once you are there, you can do what you want until the appeals run out, but by then the damage is done.

[newdeal2]

4. It's not that easy

You would need many times the number of troops he deployed in DC or LA to occupy a city like Chicago. For example, Great Lakes Naval Station is 40 miles from downtown.

This is all for show and his ego and to make crime a topic for 2026.

[OC375]

5. Terrorize, not occupy