WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security kicked off a crackdown on illegal immigrants in Chicago Monday — after local Democrats spent the weekend protesting President Trump’s threat of a federal law enforcement surge in America’s third-largest city.
“DHS is launching Operation Midway Blitz in honor of Katie Abraham who was killed in a drunk driving hit-and-run car wreck caused by criminal illegal alien Julio Cucul-Bol in Illinois,” the department tweeted.
“This ICE operation will target the criminal illegal aliens who flocked to Chicago and Illinois because they knew [Democratic] Governor [JB] Pritzker and his sanctuary policies would protect them and allow them to roam free on American streets.”
The statement concluded: “President Trump and Secretary Noem stand with the victims of illegal alien crime while Governor Pritzker stands with criminal illegal aliens.”
ICE has been positioning staff to carry out operations for more than a week, leading sources to say that a crackdown was imminent.
The mission isn’t yet a full-blown policing intervention — and Trump has vacillated in public remarks on whether he will order a surge of federal agents into the Windy City to fight violent crime.
Lately, Trump has said he will wait to be invited by Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, also a Democrat.
“We’d love to go into Chicago,” Trump said in a speech in DC Monday morning. “We’re waiting for a call from Chicago.”
