Overview

• The Department of Homeland Security said Monday it is launching a surge of immigration enforcement in Chicago branded “Operation Midway Blitz.”
• President Trump’s Truth Social post used an AI image styled after Apocalypse Now with the caption “I love the smell of deportations in the morning” and a “Department of WAR” reference.
• Pressed by reporters, Trump later said, “we’re not going to war, we’re going to clean up our cities,” after widespread condemnation from Illinois leaders including Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Sen. Tammy Duckworth.
• Pritzker warned he would sue if the National Guard is deployed, and Mayor Brandon Johnson directed Chicago police not to cooperate with any unlawful or unconstitutional federal actions.
• Chicago’s tourism agency, Choose Chicago, launched the “All for the Love of Chicago” social campaign, reporting more than 280,000 impressions and nearly 20,000 interactions as the White House repost of the meme drew over 10 million views on X.