Overview
- U.S. Northern Command said 200 Texas Guard members and 300 from Illinois began operations in the Chicago area to protect ICE personnel and facilities.
- A federal judge held a hearing on challenges brought by Illinois and Chicago, and a separate order temporarily limited DHS agents’ use of force at regional protests for two weeks.
- Mayor Brandon Johnson issued local rules making city property off-limits for immigration arrests, escalating a policy clash with federal authorities.
- President Donald Trump called for jailing Mayor Johnson and Governor J.B. Pritzker over what he alleges is failure to protect ICE, and he has floated invoking the Insurrection Act after a judge curtailed a similar effort in Portland.
- The administration cites threats and violence directed at ICE sites to justify the deployment, while protests continue outside immigration facilities in the Chicago area.