According to the information, 100-200 employees at the border authority Ice are to be sent to the city for this purpose. The operation begins the day after Trump takes office as president.
As recently as December last year, Trump's appointed "border tsar" Tom Homan pointed out the million-city in Illinois as the starting point for the promised mass deportations.
We will start right here in Chicago, Illinois. And if the mayor doesn't want to help, he can step aside. But if he hinders us in our work, if he deliberately shields or hides an undocumented immigrant, then I will bring him to justice, said Homan, who was in Chicago at the time.
A significantly increased number of deportations was one of Trump's main promises to his voters before the presidential election. In order to achieve this, he has, among other things, said that the military will be used to the greatest extent possible.
