As President Donald Trump deploys the National Guard to crime-ridden cities like Memphis and Portland, Republican lawmakers across the country say they would like the president to send troops into their cities next.
Two cities that could be the next targets for Trump’s crime crackdown are the notoriously violent Midwest cities of St. Louis and Chicago. These Democrat-controlled cities have been crippled by crime for decades and have been ground zero for the implementation of soft-on-crime policies from leftist prosecutors.
“It is dystopian. You can&#8217;t even believe you&#8217;re in an American city in some parts of it. You cannot even believe it,” Missouri state Rep. Justin Sparks told The Daily Wire of St. Louis. “Like the streets are crumbling. The infrastructure is crumbling. Electricity, trash, piles of trash in alleys, like animals running freely.”
St. Louis consistently <a href="https://usafacts.org/articles/which-cities-have-the-highest-murder-rates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ranks</a> as one of the worst cities in America for murders, and prosecution in the blue city was recently led by leftist Kim Gardner, who was bankrolled by George Soros. Gardner resigned in 2023 amid pressure from Republicans.
Still, state lawmakers tell The Daily Wire that the city has a massive crime problem.
“You cannot take your families to a ballgame or to a sporting event … because the drug problem is so bad and they don’t do anything about it,” Republican Rep. Holly Jones told The Daily Wire.
Republican State Senator Nick Schroer said that Trump should work with Governor Mike Kehoe to clean up the city.
“If Trump is able to work with the Kehoe administration and get some troops in there to kind of clean it up, we could expedite this thing. and be on the right course within two to three years,” he said.
Schroer said that a recently passed <a href="https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB495&amp;year=2025&amp;code=R" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crime bill</a>, which shifts control of police out of the hands of Democratic officials in cities like St. Louis and Kansas City, should help address the problem, but that more aid from the Trump administration would be welcome.
The lawmakers said the best way to fight crime was to surge law enforcement, including federal troops, to crime-ridden cities.
“That’s what will work at every urban decaying hellhole in our country, flood the zone, and take the bad guys and actually charge them with crimes and hold them down,” Sparks said.
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On Sunday, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D) stated that Trump was about to deploy 400 National Guard troops to Chicago. Pritzker, who has long downplayed the Windy City’s crime problem, claimed the mobilization would be an “invasion.”
Prior to Pritzker’s latest lament, Illinois state lawmakers told The Daily Wire that they would support Trump sending the National Guard to Chicago.
“I think it would restore order. I think just the threat of the National Guard has the radical left scared and they&#8217;re probably going to let the police do a little bit better of a job,” Republican Rep. Adam Niemerg said.
Rep. Chris Miller, the husband of Congresswoman Mary Miller, said he would “absolutely” support the National Guard being sent into Chicago.
“When I look at what’s going on with JB Pritzker and [Chicago Mayor] Brandon Johnson, they are missing a golden opportunity to be heroes in the state of Illinois. If they would cooperate with ICE, if they would cooperate with President Trump, Illinois could begin to enjoy the Golden Age of America that everybody else is enjoying, that are embracing the policies and what Trump’s trying to do.”
Miller said that Pritzker needed an “ICR” — inner-cranial rectal removal — saying that the governor and Johnson needed “to get their head out of their ass.”
The Illinois Republican said that they should look at the template of Trump’s Washington, D.C., crime crackdown and get Chicago under control in a couple of weeks.

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These Lawmakers Want Trump To Send The National Guard To Their ‘Dystopian’ Cities Next

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Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson will create &#8220;ICE free zones&#8221; across the sanctuary city as the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-send-texas-national-guard-troops-to-quell-anti-ice-attacks-in-chicago?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+To+Send+Texas+National+Guard+Troops+To+Quell+Anti-ICE+Attacks+In+Chicago">Trump</a> administration continues its immigration sweeps while facing an uptick in violence.
The Windy City&#8217;s mayor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5D12OhYTF8">said</a> during a news conference on Monday that his latest action is focused on &#8220;reigning in this out-of-control administration.&#8221;
&#8220;The order establishes ICE-free zones. That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as staging grounds for these raids,&#8221; Johnson said.
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🚨 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just announced he signed an executive order creating &#8220;ICE Free Zones&#8221; to ban ICE agents from city property.
This is SICK. He is aiding and abetting criminal illegal immigrant killers, rapists, traffickers, and gang bangers. <a href="https://t.co/LaMbxaqePP">pic.twitter.com/LaMbxaqePP</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1975210976728518974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Trump administration commenced &#8220;Operation Midway Blitz&#8221; last month with the deployment of additional federal immigration agents to Illinois, resulting in more than 1,000 arrests.
In response, anti-ICE agitators have taken to the streets in an attempt to thwart the Trump administration&#8217;s sweeping deportation operation.
<div id="attachment_981437" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-981437" class="wp-image-981437 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2238860907.jpg" alt="A masked US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agent is seen as residents of Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood confront law enforcement at a gas station after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents allegedly detained an unidentified man riding in his car, in Chicago, Illinois, on October 4, 2025. US President Donald Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to deport large numbers of migrants, has encouraged authorities to be more aggressive as he seeks to hit his widely reported target of one million deportations annually. (Photo by OCTAVIO JONES / AFP)" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2238860907.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2238860907-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2238860907-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2238860907-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Credit: Photo by OCTAVIO JONES/AFP via Getty Images.</div>
Some of those efforts by the agitators have become violent.
On Saturday, Border Patrol agents “were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars” in Broadview, Illinois, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin <a href="https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1974524869892276682" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
When the trapped agents exited their car, they encountered one of the alleged attackers, who was later <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/04/update-dhs-deploys-special-operations-after-multiple-violent-attacks-federal-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as Marimar Martinez. Agents determined that she was “armed with a semi-automatic weapon,” forcing them to “fire defensive shots at an unarmed U.S. citizen,” according to McLaughlin.
Chicago Police officers were also <a href="https://x.com/RedWave_Press/status/1975231794858340415" target="_blank" rel="noopener">instructed</a> to stand down when the federal agents called for help during the attack.
Martinez was previously the subject of a federal law enforcement intelligence bulletin that circulated last week after she was allegedly “doxing agents and posting online ‘Hey to all my gang let’s f*** those motherf****ers up, don’t let them take anyone.’”
In response to the uptick in violent assaults, the Trump administration&#8217;s Department of War will deploy roughly 400 soldiers from Texas to Chicago and Portland.
Illinois has since sued the Trump administration as its governor, JB Pritzker, labeled the troop deployment as “Trump’s invasion.”
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The Trump administration will send Texas National Guard troops to Chicago to restore order amid a series of anti-ICE <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-arrests-two-after-attack-on-border-patrol-in-chicago?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=FBI+Arrests+Two+After+Attack+On+Border+Patrol+In+Chicago">attacks</a>.
Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker <a href="https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/1975013177026109717" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on X Sunday night that Texas troops were preparing to come to the Windy City, casting the move as “Trump’s invasion.” By Monday, the sanctuary state filed a lawsuit in an attempt to thwart the effort.
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Illinois is taking the Trump Administration to court for their unlawful and unconstitutional deployment of military troops to our state. Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/ILAttyGeneral?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ILAttyGeneral</a> Raoul for helping defend the rule of law.
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker/status/1975212392511619370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
The War Department will deploy roughly 400 soldiers from Texas to Chicago and Portland as the feds face mounting threats from anti-ICE activists.
The latest attack on federal immigration authorities occurred on Saturday morning, when “officers were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars” in Broadview, Illinois, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin <a href="https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1974524869892276682" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
<div id="attachment_908485" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-908485" class="wp-image-908485 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2133331877.jpg" alt="EL PASO, TEXAS - APRIL 02: Texas National Guard soldiers stand on patrol near banks of the Rio Grande river on April 02, 2024 in El Paso, Texas. Texas continues awaiting a verdict on Senate Bill 4. Attorneys representing the state of Texas are scheduled to return to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on April 3 to continue arguing for the constitutional basis of the bill. Senate Bill 4 allows state law enforcement officials to detain and arrest undocumented immigrants suspected of illegally crossing into the United States. Thus far, all prior attempts to put the Bill into effect have been blocked by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)" width="1024" height="681" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2133331877.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2133331877-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2133331877-866x576.jpg 866w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2133331877-768x511.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Brandon Bell/Getty Images</div>
The agents were trapped in and had to exit their car before they encountered one of the drivers who allegedly rammed them and determined that they were “armed with a semi-automatic weapon,” forcing the feds to “fire defensive shots at an unarmed U.S. citizen,” according to McLaughlin.
The armed alleged attacker, who was later <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/04/update-dhs-deploys-special-operations-after-multiple-violent-attacks-federal-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as Marimar Martinez, was the subject of a federal law enforcement intelligence bulletin that circulated last week after she was allegedly “doxing agents and posting online ‘Hey to all my gang let’s f*** those motherf****ers up, don’t let them take anyone.’”
Pritzker said “no officials from the federal government” contacted him “directly to discuss or coordinate” the deployment.
“It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops,” he said.
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The Illinois governor also called on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to stop the effort in its tracks.
“I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation,” Pritzker wrote.
“The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness,” he added.
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But Abbott <a href="https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1975027635295007073" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he’s not going to back down.
“I fully authorized the President to call up 400 members of the Texas National Guard to ensure safety for federal officials. You can either fully enforce protection for federal employees or get out of the way and let Texas Guard do it,” Abbott wrote on X.
“No Guard can match the training, skill, and expertise of the Texas National Guard. They defend our country with pride. America must also know that Texas still has thousands of National Guard assisting with the Border security,” he said.
The Trump administration commenced “Operation Midway Blitz” in an effort to nab illegal immigrants roaming the sanctuary state on September 8, resulting in more than 1,000 arrests.
With that, anti-ICE protesters have gathered outside an agency facility in Broadview, where demonstrators have tried to block agents from driving in and out of the facility.
State and local police in riot gear <a href="https://x.com/Garrett_FoxNews/status/1974148610372567329" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to the protests on Friday, while snipers were <a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1974165474830397860" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stationed</a> on the roof of the ICE facility.

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Trump To Send Texas National Guard Troops To Quell Anti-ICE Attacks In Chicago

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President Donald Trump’s latest move to confront rising lawlessness and attacks on federal immigration agents in Chicago is the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops, prompting Democrat Governor JB Pritzker to hyperventilate over “Trump’s Invasion.”
“We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion,” Pritzker stated, according to the <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/05/president-trump-calling-up-300-illinois-national-guard-immediately-to-protect-ice-buildings-for-60-days/?lctg=B4845491D5F64499A4E4B513EB&amp;utm_email=B4845491D5F64499A4E4B513EB&amp;utm_source=listrak&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.chicagotribune.com%2f2025%2f10%2f05%2fpresident-trump-calling-up-300-illinois-national-guard-immediately-to-protect-ice-buildings-for-60-days%2f&amp;utm_campaign=trib-chicago_tribune-breaking_news-nl&amp;utm_content=alert">Chicago Tribune</a>, which reported that War Secretary Pete Hegseth sent a memo instructing Illinois National Guard leadership to deploy the troops to the Chicago region for at least 60 days. “It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops,” Pritzker declared.
The White House has stated that the National Guard troops will protect federal personnel and property—like ICE facilities—where violent demonstrations are either happening or expected. The memo calls for protecting federal law enforcement officials who are “performing Federal functions.”
Meanwhile, the Texas Guard is preparing to deploy hundreds more National Guard troops to Illinois.
Trump has been blunt about the situation in the Chicago area, saying, “Everybody knows Chicago is a hellhole right now.” The city is drowning in violent crime, and federal ICE agents have been under attack. In September, rioters surrounded ICE vehicles in Broadview, Illinois, threw tear gas, and even slashed tires in a protest against ICE. The Trump administration rolled out “Operation Midway Blitz,” which scooped up hundreds of illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds—gang members, murderers, and sex offenders.
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Pritzker said over the weekend that he would refuse to deploy the state’s National Guard, stating that a federal deployment would be illegal, and has threatened to file a lawsuit to stop it, citing the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878.
Trump’s justification to federalize the National Guard comes from the U.S. Code, specifically 10 U.S.C. § 12406, which states:” “Whenever (1) the United States, or any of the Commonwealths or possessions, is invaded or is in danger of invasion by a foreign nation; (2) there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States; or (3) the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States; then the President may call into Federal service members and units of the National Guard of any State in such numbers as he considers necessary to repel the invasion, suppress the rebellion, or execute those laws.”
On Sunday, Trump said, “I believe the politicians are under threat, because there’s no way somebody can say that things are wonderful in Chicago. There’s no city in the world like that. We’re going to straighten it out. And I think that Pritzker, he’s not a stupid person. I think that Pritzker is afraid for his life,” hinting that Pritzker was beholden to organizations the Trump administration believes support the protests over increased immigration enforcement.
In Oregon, a federal judge blocked President Trump’s effort to deploy California National Guard troops to Portland after previously issuing a restraining order halting the Oregon Guard deployment. Trump fired back, calling the judge “shameful” and insisting that cities like Portland and Chicago are “burning” and in desperate need of federal assistance.
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The FBI arrested two individuals on Saturday after they allegedly rammed their vehicles into a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) vehicle in Chicago, triggering a shooting.
Marimar Martinez, 31, and Anthony Ian Santos, 21, were charged Sunday after federal authorities said they struck and boxed in a CBP vehicle to prevent it from escaping. Both were charged with forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer.
The incident occurred on Saturday morning as three CBP agents, driving a silver Chevrolet Tahoe, were acting as a mobile security detail for an immigration enforcement operation near southwest Chicago. While working the operation, a “convoy of civilian vehicles” started following them, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/media/1415966/dl?inline=">according</a> to a criminal complaint.  
Those vehicles ran red lights, blew by stop signs, and broke traffic laws to follow the Border Patrol vehicle. The complaint added that Martinez could be heard referring to those in the Border Patrol vehicle as &#8220;la migra,&#8221; which is derogatory slang for immigration enforcement officers. 

“The convoy of civilian vehicles followed the BPAs closely and pursued the BPAs aggressively, culminating in MARTINEZ, in the Martinez Vehicle, and RUIZ, in the Ruiz Vehicle, driving into and striking the CBP Vehicle on both the driver’s and passenger’s side, respectively, leading to a temporary loss of control of the CBP Vehicle. In addition, once the CBP Vehicle had stopped and the BPAs exited the CBP Vehicle, MARTINEZ drove the Martinez Vehicle at BPA 1,” the complaint said. 
After being struck and boxed in by the vehicles, one of the Border Patrol agents exited the Tahoe and fired five shots at the car driven by Martinez, the complaint said. The two vehicles then fled the scene. 
Martinez was arrested at a repair shop and taken to a hospital to be treated for gunshot wounds, while Ruiz was arrested at a gas station. 
FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrests on Sunday. 
“Attack our law enforcement, and this FBI will find you and bring you to justice,” Patel <a href="https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1975001981828931752">wrote</a> on X. 
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That incident followed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-illegal-aliens-ram-cars-into-ice-agents-in-two-separate-attacks-dhs-says?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Illegal+Aliens+Ram+Cars+Into+ICE+Agents+In+Two+Separate+Attacks%2C+DHS+Says">pair of car rammings</a> earlier in the week targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, who were also conducting operations in the Chicago area. 
In the first instance, Miguel Escareno De Loera, an illegal alien from Mexico, rammed his car into an ICE vehicle twice before jumping a curb and crashing into a stop in Norridge, Illinois, according to the Department of Homeland Security.  
In the second attack, Widman Osberto Lopez-Funes, an illegal alien from Guatemala, slammed his vehicle into ICE agents during an enforcement operation before running on foot to his home in Bensenville, DHS said. He was later taken into custody.

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FBI Arrests Two After Attack On Border Patrol In Chicago

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In just the latest attack on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, officers in Chicago were targeted in an apparently coordinated strike on Saturday morning.
According to Assistant Secretary Dept. of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin, officers were &#8220;rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars&#8221; and agents were forced to exit their vehicles on foot.
&#8220;One of the drivers who rammed the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon,&#8221; McLaughlin explained. &#8220;Law enforcement was forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed U.S. citizen who drove herself to the hospital to get care for wounds.&#8221;
The armed woman in question was already on Border Patrol&#8217;s radar after she recently doxxed agents and posted online, &#8220;Hey to all my gang let’s f*** those mother f***ers up, don’t let them take anyone,&#8221; according to the assistant secretary.
McLaughlin said &#8220;no law enforcement officers were seriously injured&#8221; in the attack, while noting that the Chicago Police Department refused to assist ICE to secure the area.
&#8220;[Democrat Gov. JB] Pritzker&#8217;s Chicago Police Department is leaving the shooting scene and refuses to assist us in securing the area,&#8221; she posted to X. &#8220;There is a growing crowd and we are deploying special operations to control the scene.&#8221;
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This morning, during routine patrolling in Broadview, in the same area of Chicago that law enforcement were assaulted yesterday, our brave law enforcement officers were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars.
Agents were unable to move their vehicles and exited the car. One…
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) <a href="https://twitter.com/TriciaOhio/status/1974524869892276682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
Illinois is a sanctuary state for illegals, and Chicago, specifically, refuses to work with federal law enforcement on immigration matters. Gov. Pritzker has repeatedly railed against President Donald Trump for trying to effectively enforce immigration laws in his state. 
Additionally, just days ago, the governor ratcheted up his rhetoric against ICE agents, calling them &#8220;<a href="https://www.notus.org/illinois/jb-pritzker-ice-immigration-chicago-raids-federal-agents-troops">jackbooted thugs</a>&#8221; and accusing them of intentionally &#8220;causing chaos and mayhem&#8221; in Chicago so Trump can deploy troops.
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Notably, a day before Saturday&#8217;s attack, ICE agents were blocked by protesters and one man tossed a tear gas canister toward officers.
&#8220;ICE drone footage shows anti-ICE protestors obstructing the duties of our officers and agents during Operation Midway Blitz last week in Chicago,&#8221; ICE said on X. &#8220;While personnel tried to protect federal property, one agitator who made headlines last week because of his superhero apparel can be seen picking up a tear gas canister and throwing it toward our officers. He was arrested and charged.&#8221;
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ICE drone footage shows anti-ICE protestors obstructing the duties of our officers and agents during Operation Midway Blitz last week in Chicago.
While personnel tried to protect federal property, one agitator who made headlines last week because of his superhero apparel can… <a href="https://t.co/qZqrz7988R">pic.twitter.com/qZqrz7988R</a>
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICEgov/status/1974263245255983503?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
Pritzker did not comment on the recent attacks on ICE. Instead, he took to X to again lash out at Trump for trying to send in the National Guard to tackle Chicago&#8217;s rampant, violent crime and assist with immigration efforts.
&#8220;This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will,&#8221; the governor said. &#8220;It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.&#8221;
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This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker/status/1974531904767656030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard,&#8221; Pritzker argued. &#8220;They will pull hardworking Americans out of their regular jobs and away from their families all to participate in a manufactured performance &#8212; not a serious effort [to] protect public safety. For Donald Trump, this has never been about safety. This is about control.&#8221;
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They will pull hardworking Americans out of their regular jobs and away from their families all to participate in a manufactured performance &#8212; not a serious effort the protect public safety. For Donald Trump, this has never been about safety. This is about control.
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker/status/1974531909066842516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2025</a></blockquote>

Armed Attack On ICE Agents Unfolds In Chicago; Pritzker Rails Against Trump

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The Trump administration is freezing $2.1 billion in funding for Chicago infrastructure projects over accusations of “race-based contracting” as the government shutdown continues. 
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced the move Friday morning, saying that the freeze would impact construction to modernize the city’s public transit system. It comes just two days after the Department of Transportation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-freezes-18-billion-for-nyc-infrastructure-over-unconstitutional-dei-principles?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Freezes+%2418+Billion+For+NYC+Infrastructure+Over+%E2%80%98Unconstitutional+DEI+Principles%E2%80%99">froze</a> $18 billion for New York City infrastructure projects over “unconstitutional” diversity, equity, and inclusion “principles.”
“$2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects — specifically the Red Line Extension and the Red and Purple Modernization Project — have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting,” Vought wrote on X. 
Shortly after Vought’s announcement, the Department of Transportation <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-statement-review-chicagos-discriminatory">confirmed</a> the freeze and suggested that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) were to blame for leading the Democrats’ resistance to a temporary government funding bill. 
The department said that it was “committed to conducting these reviews as fast as possible so reimbursements can move forward. Unfortunately, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries’ decision to shut down the government has negatively affected the Department’s staffing resources for carrying out this important analysis.”
“We urge Democrats in Congress to stop holding the federal government’s budget hostage so USDOT can get back to the important work of the American people,” the department added. 
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It sent letters on Friday to the Chicago Transit Authority, stating that it had initiated an administrative review of two ongoing projects to modernize the city’s rail system, and added that it was concerned about preferential treatment in construction contracting based on race. 
“Together, these critical reviews are intended to ensure no additional federal dollars go towards discriminatory, illegal, and wasteful contracting practices,” the department said. “The American people don’t care what race or gender construction workers, pipefitters, or electricians are. They just want these massive projects finally built quickly and efficiently.”
President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-meeting-set-to-axe-democrat-agencies?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump%3A+Meeting+Set+To+Axe+‘Democrat+Agencies’">has urged</a> Republicans to take advantage of the shutdown to cut “Democrat Agencies” and eliminate wasteful spending. 
“I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday. 
The White House has tasked Vought with reviewing the federal bureaucracy amid the shutdown and identifying areas for spending cuts.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were targeted in two separate car attacks during enforcement operations in the Chicago area on Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Daily Wire. 
Illegal aliens “weaponized their vehicles in deliberate attempts to ram and injure” agents making arrests in Bensenville and Norridge, Illinois, DHS said Thursday. The attacks occurred as ICE continues to carry out &#8220;Operation Midway Blitz,&#8221; a massive illegal alien crackdown targeting the Chicago area that has yielded over <a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/operation-midway-blitz-surpasses-900-arrests-illinois-dhs-says">900 arrests</a>. 
“Thankfully, none of our law enforcement was killed because of these deranged criminals&#8217; attacks on law enforcement. This is exactly what happens when Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and other sanctuary politicians demonize ICE and encourage illegal aliens to resist law enforcement,” Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire. 
In the first instance, Miguel Escareno De Loera, an illegal alien from Mexico, rammed his car into an ICE vehicle twice before jumping a curb and crashing into a stop, according to DHS.  It is unknown when Escareno De Loera entered the United States, as he was not stopped at the border. 
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In the second attack, Widman Osberto Lopez-Funes, an illegal alien from Guatemala, slammed his vehicle into ICE agents during an enforcement operation before running on foot to his home in Bensenville, DHS said. He was later taken into custody.  It is also unknown when Lopez-Funes illegally crossed into the United States. 
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 Both men are expected to face criminal charges for assaulting federal law enforcement and will remain in ICE custody as they face deportation. 
“Our ICE law enforcement is facing a more than 1000% increase in assaults—including cars being used as weapons against them. Secretary Noem has been clear: anyone who assaults law enforcement will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” McLaughlin said. 
The Trump administration has faced backlash from leftist protesters as they carry out operations around Chicago. Democrats, including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, continue to voice their opposition to the efforts to clean up the city.

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EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Aliens Ram Cars Into ICE Agents In Two Separate Attacks, DHS Says

EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Aliens Ram Cars At ICE Agents In Two Separate Attacks, DHS Says

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Homeland Security agents arrested more than 800 illegal immigrants as part of its &#8220;Operation Midway Blitz&#8221; and the massive raids will continue despite the government <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shutdown-or-not-theres-no-stopping-trumps-deportations?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Shutdown+Or+Not%2C+There%E2%80%99s+No+Stopping+Trump%E2%80%99s+Deportations">shutdown</a>.
Among those arrested were rapists, individuals with DUI convictions and previously-deportation illegal immigrants, <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/01/dhs-arrests-more-800-illegal-aliens-including-worst-worst-criminals-operation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Department of Homeland Security. In one part of the operation, roughly 300 federal agents descended upon an apartment complex teeming with suspected Tren de Aragua gang members.
“The Trump Administration will not allow violent criminals or repeat offenders to terrorize our neighborhoods or victimize our children and innocent Americans,”  Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement regarding the arrests.
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Chicago waters, watchful eyes&#8230; vigilance never rests. During Operation Midway Blitz, Border Patrol Marine Units in Chicago apprehended an illegal alien from Honduras who had been previously removed 5 times, making this arrest his 6th time.
The Green Machine will keep looking… <a href="https://t.co/xzKHrIUR6b">pic.twitter.com/xzKHrIUR6b</a>
— Commander Op At Large CA Gregory K. Bovino (@CMDROpAtLargeCA) <a href="https://twitter.com/CMDROpAtLargeCA/status/1973200598372851841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Trump administration&#8217;s immigration raids in Chicago and the nearby suburbs started in September, with the deployment of additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents to the Windy City. In response, protestors have taken to the streets in an attempt to block the agents from arresting illegal immigrants.
Rioters have also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-try-to-block-ice-agents-from-driving-into-illinois-facility?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Armed+Rioter+Arrested+As+Protesters+Try+To+Block+ICE+Agents+From+Driving+Into+Illinois+Facility">targeted</a> an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, laying their hands on agents, hurling tear gas at them and slashing the tires of their cars.
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Sickening chants of “shoot ICE” from the mob of over 200 violent psychopaths outside the Broadview Processing Center in Illinois.
This is transpiring just a few days after the horrific terrorist attack on an ICE facility in Dallas.
DHS is calling on <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovPritzker</a> and… <a href="https://t.co/nrg8VWyrbd">pic.twitter.com/nrg8VWyrbd</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1971678074505757134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
<div class="ad-wrapper" data-testid="ad-wrapper">While federal agents worked to clean the Chicago streets, Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker <a href="https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/1972398797688127984" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed</a> his disapproval of the effort.</div>
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<div data-testid="ad-wrapper">&#8220;The Trump Administration&#8217;s DHS officers appear to be carrying large weapons around downtown Chicago in camouflage and masks. This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidation, instilling fear in our communities and hurting our businesses,&#8221; Pritzker wrote on X Sunday.</div>
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<div data-testid="ad-wrapper">DHS, however, remains undeterred, said McLaughlin.</div>
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<div data-testid="ad-wrapper">“We will not allow sanctuary politicians or violent rioters to stop us from enforcing the law and arresting pedophiles, murderers, gang members, rapists, and domestic abusers from American communities,&#8221; she said.</div>

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On Wednesday morning, a sniper killed an ICE detainee and wounded several others in a shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
Bullets found near the shooter&#8217;s body were reportedly engraved with anti-ICE messages.
Kash Patel, the head of the FBI, <a href="https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1970877754221498599">wrote on X</a>, “While the investigation is ongoing, the initial review of the evidence shows an ideological motive behind this attack. These despicable, politically motivated attacks against law enforcement are not a one-off.”
The number one clue that the shooter had a left-wing perspective is that the shooting happened at an ICE facility. This is not the first act of violence at an ICE facility in recent months. In August, there was an ICE facility that was attacked in Yakima, Washington. In July, there were ten suspects who were charged for their July 4 attack in Texas, in which, according to ICE, nearly a dozen violent assailants equipped with tactical gear and weapons attacked a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Prairie Line detention facility in Alvarado, Texas.
There was an attack on ICE officers in Los Angeles that prompted federal intervention by the Trump administration.
This is nothing new, and pretending that it is something new is ridiculous. As acting ICE director Todd Lyons <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/ice-acting-director-says-assaults-on-agents-up-1000-as-dallas-facility-targeted-in-shooting-never-seen-anything-like-this/">said</a>, “I&#8217;ve never seen anything like this in my law enforcement career. I&#8217;ve never seen threats on law enforcement, specifically ICE, increase the way it is. You know, we&#8217;re up over 1,000% assaults on officers right now. And really just a lot of the talk that&#8217;s out there, a lot of the rhetoric, is just the violence directed towards law enforcement officers just trying to do their job. And we just keep it seeing an increase step by step.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that the shooting was an attempted assassination of ICE officers. It was his belief that the ICE detainees were hit accidentally, that the sniper was not trying to hit the detainees, but was trying to fire at law enforcement.
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Meanwhile, NPR host Maria Hinojosa <a href="https://x.com/TimJGraham/status/1970964318981169286">compared ICE</a> to the Nazis, saying, “Black and Latino unity and the city of Chicago will only grow thanks to Donald Trump and his Republican Party. So that is something that he and his Republican Party has feared, that unity of black and brown people coming together. Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, and we do not like outsiders coming to tell us how to run our city. &#8230; I posted, actually, right after that first day on the ground in Chicago; I posted about the fact that there are little Anne Franks, right? &#8230; little girls and boys who are afraid to come out of their homes.”
This sort of rhetoric could very likely lead to violence, because when you say that Anne Frank is hiding, that makes ICE the Nazis.
Last week, Rep. Jasmine Crockett compared ICE to slave patrols.
When you keep saying that ICE agents are Nazis, that ICE agents are slave patrols, people might get the idea that maybe you should do violence to members of ICE. That’s not a huge leap.
I&#8217;m not saying Jasmine Crockett is responsible for somebody shooting an ICE agent, any more than I&#8217;m saying that Barack Obama&#8217;s anti-police rhetoric led to the shooting of Dallas police officers.
But — if you keep ratcheting up the temperature, if you keep treating people in law enforcement as though they are enemies of the people, as though they are doing the bidding of dark Nazi gods or something of that ilk, people at the fringes are going to do acts of violence.
The night before the shooting happened, Gavin Newsom was on Stephen Colbert&#8217;s terrible show, which is still on the air like a zombie, walking beyond its own brain death.
Gavin Newsom <a href="https://x.com/BrendonLeslie/status/1970859241121685589">proceeded to suggest</a> that people need to push back on ICE agents, saying:
<blockquote>That&#8217;s happening in the United States of America. Masked men jumping out of unmarked cars. People disappearing. No due process, no oversight. Zero accountability happening in the United States of America today. People ask, “Well, is it authoritarianism? You&#8217;re being hyperbolic.’”
Bulls*** we&#8217;re being hyperbolic. If you&#8217;re a black and brown community, it&#8217;s here in this country. I&#8217;m deeply proud that I had the privilege of signing the nation&#8217;s first bill, to address the issue of masking, also to require you have simple identification. &#8230; I mean, if some guy jumped out of an unmarked car in a van with a mask on, tried to grab me, I mean, by definition, you&#8217;re going to push back. And so these are not just authoritarian tendencies. These are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian government.</blockquote>
If you keep saying these sorts of things over and over and over again, it should not be a gigantic shock when people commit acts of violence.
The Left has increasingly been committing acts of violence because the rhetoric is so unhinged. 
One of the major problems in the country right now, as polling data shows, is that Americans believe that their neighbors are their enemies. Much of that is self-reinforcing and self-perpetuating. If your neighbor says you are their enemy and then you respond, “If he thinks I&#8217;m his enemy, then he&#8217;s my enemy,” you end up with a cycle of partisan polarization that is unbridgeable. 
Once it becomes unbridgeable, you are effectuating higher levels of hatred and violence. That is a real scenario in the United States.
It&#8217;s not equally positioned. For my entire lifetime, the political Left in this country has basically treated the Right as though the Right were some form of Nazi offshoot.
If you look at the polling data, you will see that things didn&#8217;t shift for Republicans starting to react to that attitude until roughly 2013-14. Thus, for a solid decade and a half, from the time George W. Bush became president, there was a move by the Left to demonize Republicans as the “Other,” as though there was something wrong with them. Democrats didn&#8217;t just think that their neighbors were wrong; they thought they were morally bad, while Republicans tended to think that their neighbors were wrong, but not morally bad.
All of that started to shift around the second term of Barack Obama.
Now both sides think the other side is morally bad, and it&#8217;s pushing both parties out to fringe rhetoric — but the Left has been there for a long time. It&#8217;s systemically integrated into their worldviews.
This is why I&#8217;ve been talking about the permission structures for violence that are generating violence, generating things like the assassination of my friend Charlie Kirk.
When you&#8217;re creating permission structures, when you create a mental model whereby speech is violence, that people who oppose you are actually actors of deep, malicious evil who must be destroyed at any cost, you’re going to get higher levels of violence, which will generate a reaction on the other side.
And that could tear this country, the greatest nation ever created, apart.

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The fallout continues over ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s late-night show after his comments on Charlie Kirk, an exclusive Daily Wire investigation dives into the Socialist Rifle Association, and ICE ignites a fresh surge in deportations.
It’s Friday, September 19, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">ABC-Ya: Network Benches Kimmel Over Kirk Remarks</h2>
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Topline: ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s late-night show “indefinitely” for his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
The outrage: The Kimmel comments that really sparked outrage came on Monday night, five days after Kirk’s killing.
Despite reports that the suspected shooter held left-wing political views, Kimmel <a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1968476012871925903">said</a> this: “Hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Utah Republican Governor Spencer Cox and the FBI have described the accused shooter as “deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology.” The suspect had described Charlie Kirk’s conservative views as “full of hate,” and he was in a romantic relationship with his male trans-identifying roommate.
Yet on Tuesday night, even after the backlash, Kimmel <a href="https://youtu.be/aHT7ICvMtlA">doubled down</a>: “Meanwhile, many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk …”
TL;DR: Kimmel made false statements that he certainly should have known were false in the immediate aftermath of Kirk’s death.
What ABC saw: The network acted after some heavy pressure from the major broadcasting companies that air Kimmel’s show on ABC affiliates. On Wednesday, Nexstar Media Group, which carries Kimmel on 23 ABC stations, announced it would pull episodes starting Wednesday.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, another major affiliate operator, demanded an apology to the Kirk family and a donation to Turning Point USA before it would put Kimmel back on the air. On Friday night, its ABC stations, along with those of Nexstar, will be airing a memorial for Kirk instead of Kimmel.
Behind the scenes, ABC reportedly tried to get that apology from Kimmel. But he refused, feeling he had nothing to apologize for. He also allegedly planned to take even further aim at Donald Trump supporters during his monologue on Wednesday night.
View from the FCC: As this played out, FCC Chair Brendan Carr pointed out that broadcast networks are different from print media or cable in that they require licenses from the federal government to operate. Knowingly making false, defamatory statements violates the FCC’s rules.
But that said, there is no evidence that Carr or the FCC has taken any formal action against ABC. And that’s a contrast with the Biden administration, which took formal action against conservative media.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">A Socialist Gun Club?</h2>
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Topline: The Department of Justice under the Biden administration focused heavily on what it called right-wing “domestic terrorism,” and now President Trump is signaling it will focus on radical left-wing movements, such as &#8220;ANTIFA,&#8221; which Trump said he is designating a &#8220;major terrorist organization.&#8221;
Introducing the SRA: The Socialist Rifle Association was founded in 2019 and by the following year, counted 10,000 “comrades.”
It operates through state-based chapters across the country, and says it educates and trains leftists on the use of firearms to protect against “fascists.”
The group was founded by two transgender men, one of whom goes by “she/it.” According to an internal survey, one-third of members identify as anarchists, one-third as Marxist-Leninists, and one-third as LGBTQ. 
It issues membership cards featuring Karl Marx’s face. But perhaps more than anything, it’s wrapped up with transgender politics. Four of its 13 national leaders go by “they” pronouns. 
Links to political violence: A Daily Wire review of federal court records found that membership in the Socialist Rifle Association is a common link in four high-profile incidents of political violence.
A couple of months ago, nearly a dozen people, many of them who identify as transgender, were charged with committing an armed assault on an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas. Benjamin Hanil Song, who was charged with shooting a police officer in the neck in that incident, was allegedly a Socialist Rifle Association member.
Two separate incidents of firebombing Tesla dealerships, one the day of President Trump’s inauguration, were committed by Socialist Rifle Association members, according to prosecutors.
Link to Kirk slaying?: The Socialist Rifle Association told The Daily Wire that Kirk’s suspected assassin is not a member. But it declined to say whether his boyfriend, Lance Twiggs, was, citing confidentiality. The group has a chapter in Utah, where the suspect is from.
Follow the money: It’s structured as a nonprofit incorporated in Kansas, but its federal tax-exempt status was revoked after it failed to file paperwork with the IRS for years. It’s still been operating, so that’s one avenue that perhaps the federal government will look at.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">The New Deporter-In-Chief</h2>
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Topline: According to a new report by The Daily Wire, the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign is surging – with nearly 400,000 illegal immigrants already removed from the country.
The Trump administration has set a lofty goal of one million deportations per year, a target that has never been achieved before. The pace stands at 389,000 illegal immigrants deported so far under this administration. While that&#8217;s not close to one million, it’s a huge advance compared to previous administrations. It even exceeds the record of former President Barack Obama, who was described as the “deporter-in-chief.” It also exceeds President Biden&#8217;s final year in office. 
The Trump administration has hired 10,000 new immigration agents to expedite the process. However, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons recently told The Daily Wire that efforts to encourage self-deportations will undoubtedly reach the goal of one million deportees. The administration has already seen, according to DHS, two million of those.

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A 40-year-old man was killed in a crash in Chicago on his way to work last week after a group of robbers sped away from a smash-and-grab heist at a Louis Vuitton store on Michigan Avenue. One of the seven suspects charged in connection with the crimes was a community “peacekeeper” and posed for a photo with Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker just one week before the storefront raid.
Kellen McMiller, 35, is now facing a list of charges that include murder, burglary, and felony theft, Fox 32 Chicago <a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/louis-vuitton-crash-chicago-father-dies">reported</a>. McMiller, who recently posed with Pritzker while wearing his “peacekeeper” uniform, also has outstanding warrants in four states, including Illinois, Florida, Indiana, and Wisconsin, CWB Chicago <a href="https://cwbchicago.com/2025/09/days-before-fatal-mag-mile-crash-and-grab-accused-man-posed-with-governor-at-peacekeeper-event.html">reported</a>. Fox 32 also reported that McMiller was a “peacekeeper,” an individual involved in violence-prevention work, and had “at least four fugitive warrants, according to authorities.”
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Peak Illinois and left-wing “criminal justice reform.” Dude was wanted in FOUR STATES &amp; ended up posing for a photo with Pritzker as a non-police “peacekeeper.” Days later, the perp allegedly participated in a fatal smash-and-grab robbery in Chicago. <a href="https://t.co/4EFAdM4iBE">https://t.co/4EFAdM4iBE</a> <a href="https://t.co/VVNOSZ8avg">pic.twitter.com/VVNOSZ8avg</a>
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Footage of the crime reportedly showed the suspects backing a pickup truck through the store windows. The suspects then stole around $700,000 in merchandise, according to court records. Dejuan Wingard, the 30-year-old man who was allegedly behind the wheel of the getaway car, was driving nearly 100 miles per hour when he crashed into the vehicle that 40-year-old Mark Arceta was driving.
Pritzker met with “peacekeepers” in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago two weeks ago as he continues to rail against the Trump administration’s desires to send in federal agents and National Guard troops to address violent crime in the city. Pritzker claimed that the “peacekeepers” are “doing the hard work” of preventing violent crime, adding that “troops on the ground” would hinder that effort.
“In Englewood today to meet with Peacekeepers who are working to create safer communities,” Pritzker <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/1378083797214524">wrote</a> on Facebook. “It’s folks like these that we need more of doing the hard work of community violence prevention, not troops on the ground to undermine efforts fighting crime.”
Chicago’s “<a href="https://omb.illinois.gov/public/gata/csfa/Program.aspx?CSFA=3013">Peacekeepers Program</a>,” which began under the Office of Firearm Violence in 2018, aims to rely on “the influence of community residents” to prevent violent crime and partner with “young men and women who live in neighborhoods that are at a high risk for violence.” Pritzker and Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson have <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7ede080d-de0f-42d9-9736-905e57762504.html">called</a> for federal funding to go toward “violence interruption programs” while arguing that President Donald Trump’s push to send in the National Guard to clean up Chicago is a dangerous power grab.
“I would love it if he would restore funding for police, would restore funding for violence interruption programs, which we are the best in the country at, I might add,” Pritzker said earlier this month.
A <a href="https://gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/icymi-governor-pritzker-meets-with-community-members-amid-heightened-concern-of-trumps-federal-deployment-plans">press release</a> issued by the governor’s office on September 5 showed McMiller posing with Pritzker, but the photo was quickly <a href="https://cwbchicago.com/2025/09/days-before-fatal-mag-mile-crash-and-grab-accused-man-posed-with-governor-at-peacekeeper-event.html">removed</a> after reports of McMiller’s suspected involvement in the smash-and-grab robbery and the fatal crash that followed, according to CWB Chicago.
A spokesman for Pritzker&#8217;s office told The Daily Wire, “The Governor meets hundreds of people in communities every week and is often asked to take photos. We were extremely troubled to learn that this individual was arrested for his alleged involvement in this serious crime, and we expect them to be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.&#8221;
&#8220;The Governor will keep doing everything in his power to fight crime, keep our neighborhoods safe, and support community violence intervention, which have been proven to work,&#8221; the spokesman added. &#8220;For example, the Peacekeepers Program has a strong track record reducing violent crime by 41% over the past two years and providing community members with a path towards rehabilitation.”
Arceta, killed in the smash-and-grab, never met his baby boy, who was born the day after his death, Fox 32 reported. At least three of the other suspects in the crime have been arrested multiple times in the past. Darius Bowdry, a 30-year-old man accused in the smash-and-grab, has been arrested 12 times as an adult in Chicago. Alton Jackson, 37, was released on parole in May after he was sentenced to two years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. It’s the fifth time Jackson has been arrested as an adult in Chicago.
Trump, who has hinted for weeks that National Guard troops would be deployed to Chicago, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-targets-memphis-crime-with-strategy-proven-in-washington-d-c">said</a> on Monday that Chicago is “probably” the next city on his list after he signed a memo directing a crackdown on crime in Memphis, Tennessee.
This article has been updated to included comment from Pritzker&#8217;s office.

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