Chicago federal services had been seen being boarded up and fenced off in preparation for unrest and chaos within the streets by leftist activists and unlawful aliens when the Division of Homeland Safety and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) start immigration raids this weekend.
The Trump Administration has been planning federal law enforcement operations and potential Nationwide Guard deployment within the Windy Metropolis after at least 14 were killed and nearly 100 injured in shootings over the past two weekends.
It was revealed final week that 200 or extra Homeland Safety Officers could be deployed within the sanctuary metropolis of Chicago to hold out deportations.
Nationwide Guard troops could possibly be used to quell violent rioters, as achieved in Los Angeles, or to discourage crime, as we’re seeing in Washington, DC.
In an interview on Friday, Illinois Governor claimed in an interview on Friday that the federal brokers are planning to invade as quickly as Saturday.
“There are about 300 brokers which may be at Nice Lakes and making ready to invade the communities round Chicago,” he said in a transparent try and fire up radical left Democrats to commit violence.
Actual America’s Voice correspondent Ben Bergquam is reporting from the bottom in Chicago that they’re boarding up ICE services for the “peaceable protesters,” he mentioned sarcastically.
Bergquam wrote on X, “ICE services and federal buildings in Chicago boarding up and constructing partitions in anticipation of the violent leftist mobs and thugs that run town within the state! That is what occurs once you [hire] Democrats that care extra about criminals and illegals than they do about defending their very own residents! Keep tuned all weekend for the newest!”
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ICE services and federal buildings in Chicago boarding up and constructing partitions in anticipation of the violent leftist mobs and thugs that run town within the state! That is what occurs once you larger Democrats that care extra about criminals and illegals than they do about… pic.twitter.com/9a9jde53qK
— Ben Bergquam – Actual America’s Voice (RAV-TV) Information (@BenBergquam) September 6, 2025
Already, protesters have been reported exterior the Naval Station Nice Lakes in North Chicago, the place lots of of brokers are stationed for the subsequent 30 days.
Per ABC7:
Dozens of individuals rallied Saturday towards the anticipated enhance in ICE operations, simply exterior of Naval Station Nice Lakes in North Chicago.
Roughly 300 federal brokers are utilizing the bottom as a logistical hub.
The Get together for Socialism and Liberation organized a rally and march.