September 2, 2025: Trump administration news

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday state officials have learned about President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy armed military personnel to Chicago and accused the federal government of refusing to coordinate with local law enforcement.

“In the coming days, we expect to see what has played out in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, to happen here in Chicago – first Donald Trump positioning federal agents and staging military vehicles on federal property, such as the Great Lakes Naval base,” said Pritzker at a news conference.

It’s likely those agents will be from US Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security, the governor said. He added many of the agents are being relocated from Los Angeles – where they were deployed this summer amid protests over immigration enforcement – to Chicago. Officials also have reason to believe Trump has begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois, Pritzker said.

Additionally, “unidentifiable” agents in unmarked vehicles with masks are planning to raid Latino communities, in the name of targeting “violent criminals,” the governor said. Pritzker said a very small percentage of the targeted individuals are actually violent.

“Instead, you’re to see videos of them hauling away mothers and fathers traveling to work or picking up their kids from school. Sometimes they will detain, handcuff and haul away children,” Pritzker said.

The governor said the state is ready to fight the troop deployment in court.

“We will do everything possible to ensure that agents operating inside the confines of this state, do so in a legal and ethical manner,” he said.

CNN has contacted the White House for comment but did not immediately hear back.

On Saturday, the head of the Illinois State Police received a phone call from the CBP indicating ICE officers would be deployed to Chicago – the first communication Illinois received from the Trump administration on the issue, said Pritzker.

Illinois has gathered information “from unauthorized patriotic officials inside the government and from well sourced reporters” about Trump’s plan,” the governor said.

“Fighting crime requires coordination. We have experienced nothing like that over the past several days and weeks,” said Pritzker.