WASHINGTON — The Division of Homeland Safety kicked off a crackdown on unlawful immigrants in Chicago Monday — after native Democrats spent the weekend protesting President Trump’s risk of a federal regulation enforcement surge in America’s third-largest metropolis.
“DHS is launching Operation Halfway Blitz in honor of Katie Abraham who was killed in a drunk driving hit-and-run automobile wreck brought on by felony unlawful alien Julio Cucul-Bol in Illinois,” the division tweeted.
“This ICE operation will goal the felony unlawful aliens who flocked to Chicago and Illinois as a result of they knew [Democratic] Governor [JB] Pritzker and his sanctuary insurance policies would defend them and permit them to roam free on American streets.”
The assertion concluded that “Trump and [DHS] Secretary [Kristi] Noem stand with the victims of unlawful alien crime whereas Governor Pritzker stands with felony unlawful aliens.”
ICE has been positioning employees to hold out operations for greater than every week, main sources to say {that a} crackdown was imminent.
The mission isn’t but a full-blown policing intervention — and Trump has vacillated in public remarks on whether or not he’ll order a surge of federal brokers into the Windy Metropolis to battle violent crime.
These days, Trump has mentioned he’ll wait to be invited by Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, additionally a Democrat.
“We’d love to enter Chicago,” Trump mentioned in a speech in DC Monday morning. “We’re ready for a name from Chicago.”
