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Noem also accompanied agents Friday on a raid near a local Walmart store and later engaged in a tit-for-tat over unannounced visits — and even bathroom use — with the Broadview mayor.
Pritzker said the guard received word from the Pentagon in the morning that the troops would be called up.
A crowd grew over several hours, some riled by newly installed barricades to separate them from law enforcement officers stationed outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview.
Senator Durbin declines his award.
Projects are on the chopping block in: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state.
Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley, a Chicago Democrat, criticized the White House’s announcement, calling it “a very bad day for public transit in the country when it becomes weaponized.”
Illinois AG Raoul says he’s ready to file a challenge if federal troops arrive in Chicago.
“ICE just doesn’t give a damn, and neither does the President of the United States,” said Pritzker.
Capitol News Illinois surveyed one in four Illinois sheriffs about ICE cooperation. Here’s what we found.
Democratic members also denied visit to controversial Broadview ICE facility.