Overview

• An email from Naval Station Great Lakes commander Capt. Stephen Yargosz says DHS, ICE and CBP agents would be housed on base Sept. 2–30 for operations focused on downtown Chicago.
• Building 617 on the installation would be turned over to federal agents, and the plan awaits a formal request for assistance approved by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
• Yargosz noted the effort could also support National Guard units, though he reported few details on that possibility.
• Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson and Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth oppose the move and are exploring legal options, calling the deployment unnecessary and potentially illegal.
• The White House deferred comment, DHS/ICE/CBP and the Pentagon did not respond, and a source told the Sun-Times ICE agents have practiced riot-control tactics at the base as a plan similar to this summer’s Los Angeles operation takes shape.