The Trump admin. wants to federalize 300 IL National Guard members, Pritzker said, after Broadview ICE protest participants and agents clashed Friday.
— The Trump administration is looking to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement on Saturday.
Pritzker said the Department of War gave him an ultimatum, telling him to call up the troops himself.
« This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will », Pritzker said, in part. He said the administration intends to federalize hundreds of National Guard troops « in the coming hours. »
This comes after federal agents and protesters clashed at the west suburban Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Friday morning.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said at least five people were arrested during those clashes. They are facing charges such as resisting, obstruction and aggravated battery to a police officer.
That clash came after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino were seen on the ICE facility’s roof just before 8 a.m. They were accompanied by several armed agents, cameras and a production crew.
And Friday night, with helmets and batons, a phalanx of Cook County sheriff’s officers kept demonstrators from blocking the street in a tense standoff, capping a day of protest.
President Donald Trump has previously threatened to send the National Guard to Chicago to combat crime, and even said earlier this week that the city could become a training ground for the military.
