Overview

• Homeland Security said the ICE-led campaign targets “criminal illegal aliens” in sanctuary jurisdictions and named the operation in honor of Katie Abraham.
• Agents are staging from Naval Station Great Lakes, where ICE secured space for an operations hub and hundreds of personnel are expected, according to local officials.
• Local officials reported initial arrests in Chicago neighborhoods as the surge began, including three detentions in the 14th Ward.
• Thousands protested in the city over the weekend, and organizers postponed Mexican Independence Day festivities citing anticipated enforcement activity.
• Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson condemned the move and signaled legal challenges, and no National Guard order has been issued as court findings have raised Posse Comitatus concerns.