CHICAGO (AP) – President Donald Trump’s administration has called on military bases outside Chicago to support immigration operations, saying the bases on Thursday show a drive to expand The law enforcement agency crackdown to other cities.
Matt Mogul, a spokesman for 35 miles (56km) of base in northern Chicago, said:
He said no decisions have been made based on the request and the base has not received official requests to assist in the deployment of the National Guard.
The demand shows the Republican administration’s desire to move beyond Washington’s strengthening immigration operations. Trump threatened to deploy National Guard in Chicago and other democratically-led cities after calling out troops to crime, immigration and target them. Homeless In Washington.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Democrat, told The Associated Press to the country’s third largest city Military intervention is not necessary or desired. Fighting crime.
The Chicago Sun-Times first reported on the Trump administration’s demands.