A major escalation in the fight against crime and illegal immigration is about to take place, with federal agents and National Guard personnel preparing to descend on one of America’s most troubled cities. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed Sunday that Chicago will see a dramatic surge in federal assets in the coming days, following President Trump’s pledge to finally restore order in the city.
Appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Noem was pressed about reports of a sprawling ICE operation set to launch as early as next week. Guest host Ed O’Keefe asked whether the effort would mirror the federal crackdown in Los Angeles, which saw military support deployed after anti-ICE riots. Noem was careful with specifics but made clear the mission will be aggressive. “We do intend to add more resources to those operations,” she said. “We will continue to go after the worst of the worst across the country, like President Trump has told us to do, focusing on those that are perpetuating murder and rape trafficking of drugs and humans.”
The move comes after success in Washington, D.C., where Trump federalized the city’s police force under the Home Rule Act and deployed additional federal agents. The results, even admitted by Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser, have been undeniable: carjackings down 87 percent, overall crime down 15 percent, and violent crime down 45 percent compared with the same period last year. That kind of turnaround is exactly what Trump says he wants to replicate in other cities plagued by lawlessness. “Chicago’s a mess,” the president said last week. “We’re going to make our cities very, very safe.”
Not everyone is welcoming the cavalry. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an executive order declaring the city will not cooperate with federal law enforcement, including joint patrols and immigration enforcement. He even vowed to pursue “all legal and legislative avenues” to resist Trump’s intervention. The message from City Hall to the White House was blunt: “Stand down.” But Johnson’s pushback looks more symbolic than effective, given that federal courts recently sided with Trump’s authority to deploy the National Guard in California.
For years, Chicago has been the poster child for failed progressive leadership, with violent crime spiraling while politicians handcuff police and pander to open-borders activists. Trump’s federal surge may finally test whether strong leadership and unapologetic law enforcement can achieve what decades of liberal governance have failed to deliver: safety for the city’s residents.
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