Chicagoans are split over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and President Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to the city, with some fearing racism and others welcoming a crackdown on crime.
Protests erupted across Chicago and its suburbs as federal immigration agents clashed with demonstrators, prompting a heavy police presence and the temporary deployment of tear gas. Residents expressed contrasting views on the National Guard and ICE operations.
Kevin Guano, a 20-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant, called the deployment “racist,” saying Chicago has a long history as an immigrant city and criticized propaganda framing immigrants as harmful. Meanwhile, longtime resident Joannie Pittman said she welcomed the presence of federal troops, citing high levels of local violence in neighborhoods and downtown areas.
Illinois filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block the Trump administration from sending hundreds of federalized National Guard troops into Chicago. The state argues the president has exceeded his authority under federal law, including the Posse Comitatus Act, and infringed upon state control over the National Guard and local law enforcement.
The legal challenge follows similar lawsuits in other Democratic-led states over Trump’s deployment of military forces to cities like Portland, Oregon, and highlights growing tensions over the use of federal troops to enforce immigration policy and suppress protests. The White House maintains the deployment is necessary to protect federal employees amid ongoing demonstrations.
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Chicagoans are split over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and President Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to the city,...
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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a man Friday in Franklin Park, Illinois, after the suspect drove his car at law enforcement and dragged an officer, federal authorities said.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Chicago will soon face increased deportations, following his controversial renaming of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., to be armed, as the Trump administration continues its controversial crime crackdown in the capital.
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he may extend his federal crackdown on crime to Chicago and other Democrat-led cities, after deploying the National Guard and federal agents in Washington, D.C.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
Heads of state are due to start arriving in the Amazonian city of Belém in a month’s time for the United Nations climate summit, yet much of the infrastructure intended to welcome them remains incomplete.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has alleged that Russian missiles and drones contain tens of thousands of components sourced from Western companies, calling for stricter sanctions to block these supply chains.
Delegations from Israel and Hamas launched indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday, in talks the United States hopes will finally bring an end to the Gaza conflict. The discussions centre on highly contentious issues, including calls for Israel to withdraw from the enclave and for Hamas to disarm.
Participants in the Sumud Flotilla have arrived in Slovakia after being deported from Israel, following their attempt to deliver aid to Gaza.
A Judge has died after being shot in the chest as he announced the verdict in a property case before him. The suspect also injured two people after opening fire at the Tirana Court on Monday.
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