Trump’s Chicago Crackdown Starts With ‘Midway Blitz’ by ICE (1)

President Donald Trump started his immigration crackdown in Chicago, with federal agents stepping up enforcement in an escalating campaign against Democratic-run cities that the White House has said are suffering from rampant crime and disorder.

Operation Midway Blitz has begun in the city and other parts of Illinois targeting “criminal illegal aliens,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement Monday. DHS blamed Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, a Democrat and potential presidential hopeful in 2028, for sanctuary policies that it said help shield lawbreakers.

The federal action underscores the intensifying national confrontation between the White House and Democratic ...