Thousands protest in Chicago as Trump renews Guard threat

(NewsNation) — Tensions are precocious successful Chicago arsenic radical brace for ramped-up Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and a imaginable National Guard deployment implicit the weekend.

Several 1000 protesters gathered successful downtown Chicago connected Saturday to request an extremity to to the president's threats of flooding the metropolis with immigration agents and subject personnel.

Protests besides erupted extracurricular the ICE processing halfway successful the bluish suburbs of Chicago, wherever undocumented immigrants tin beryllium temporarily detained. The tiny assemblage was shouting astatine ICE officers, and officers pushed backmost — literally.

Local leaders warned that astatine slightest 300 national agents would beryllium utilizing the naval basal arsenic an migration enforcement bid center.

Paradegoers successful the Pilsen vicinity connected Saturday handed retired "know your rights" cards and whistles successful lawsuit of immoderate ICE sightings. Some said the assemblage was smaller than accustomed owed to fear, portion others said it is usually a smaller parade.

All of this coincides with the city's yearly Mexican Independence Day festivities.

President Donald Trump said, "We’re going in," successful notation to a defender deployment to combat crime, but Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday determination were nary contiguous plans to deploy the Guard to Chicago.

Trump posted connected societal media Saturday, saying the metropolis was astir to "find retired wherefore it's called the Department of War," adding helium loves "the odor of deportations successful the morning."