Overview

• The Department of Streets and Sanitation said salt trucks were deployed to support public safety for a planned protest and the Taste of Chicago, describing the move as routine.
• Video circulating online showed trucks lining Grant Park for the festival footprint, contradicting captions that framed them as a barrier against federal agents.
• City officials rejected posts alleging plows crawled along I-294, I-94 and the Edens to clog traffic, calling those assertions false.
• As of Sunday afternoon, local reporting found no evidence of widespread ICE activity, and protesters marched peacefully downtown while the Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade went on without issues.
• The social posts followed President Donald Trump’s announcement of planned federal operations focused on immigration arrests in the Chicago area, with possible National Guard use under consideration.