NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. — Ice agents and possibly the National Guard will be working out of the Great Lakes Naval Station in North Chicago.
Illinois senators, both Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, were at the naval station Friday, along with Democratic Congressman Brad Schneider.
Both senators have been vocal opponents of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement and the use of the naval station, saying it’s illegal.
The senators have requested a meeting with the secretary of Navy to try and get detailed plans of exactly what federal agents are planning and how Great Lakes Naval Station will be used.
They’ve also sent letters to several cabenet members asking for the justification for the use of the naval station, and possible National Guards involvment — which the president has threatened, but has wavered back and forth over the past several days.
Suburban mayors say they had a meeting with federal agents and warned their communites of possibly 300 ICE agents using the naval station as a base of operations for increased immigration enforment over the next several weeks.
Governor JB Pritzker believes the raids will begin this weekend.
Erik Runge
Source link