Tag: Gov JB Pritzker

Texas National Guard members arrive at Chicago area military training facility

Military troops arrived at an Elwood training center after weeks of threats from President Donald Trump’s administration, over the objections of local leaders.

Judge refuses to immediately block National Guard deployment to Illinois

A federal judge said Monday she wouldn’t hear arguments over Illinois’ bid to block the deployment until Thursday, even after a Trump administration lawyer confirmed that Texas troops are on their way.

Watch: Gov. Pritzker, Democratic Leaders discuss federal deployments in Illinois

CHICAGO — Illinois and Chicago have filed a lawsuit aiming to stop President Donald Trump’s administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago. Trump moved to deploy National Guard troops from another city on Saturday by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago. Trump has long threatened to send

Pritzker says feds seeking Chicago troop deployment. ‘What I have been warning of is now being realized’

Pritzker has said for weeks that the Trump administration would use any skirmish resulting from its Chicago-area immigration crackdown as a “pretext” for a military deployment.

Former Republican State Sen. Darren Bailey speaks to supporters at a rally in Bloomington to open his 2026 campaign for governor on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. Bailey named Cook County Republican Party Chair Aaron Del Mar, right, as his running mate.

Darren Bailey enters Illinois governor’s race, pledging new approach to Chicago area

Bailey was 2022 GOP nominee who called city a ‘hellhole,’ lost to Pritzker by 13 points

Pointing finger at Trump’s ‘disastrous policies,’ Pritzker directs state agencies to find 4% in budget cuts

Pointing finger at Trump’s “disastrous policies”, Pritzker directs state agencies to find 4% in budget cuts.

Pritzker slams feds’ silence on fatal ICE shooting in Franklin Park

A witness told the Chicago Sun-Times that ICE has put out an inaccurate account of the shooting and questioned whether Villegas-Gonzalez’s death will be properly investigated.

Amid backlash, Pritzker calls for leaders — especially Trump — to tone down rhetoric

Illinois Republicans say governor’s rhetoric is sowing more division.

Trump’s promised immigration crackdown in Chicago could last about six weeks, suburban official says

Chicago is among the latest targets for President Donald Trump’s expanded federal intervention. President Donald Trump has targeted Chicago and other Democrat-led cities for expanded federal intervention.

As Trump declares ‘we’re going in,’ Pritzker says ‘terror and cruelty is the point’

Pritzker said Illinois State Police received a call from Customs and Border Protection Chief Gregory Bovino over the weekend confirming that ICE will ramp up immigration enforcement in Chicago at some point this week

WATCH: Pritzker addresses reports of more federal agents, National Guard in Chicago

Reports have indicated ICE will ramp up immigration enforcement in the city this week. The city is also bracing for the possible deployment of the National Guard.

Trump administration readying ‘ramped up’ deportation campaign for Chicago next week

As the White House gears up plans for a major deportation effort in the city and potential deployment of National Guard troops, Mayor Brandon Johnson and police Supt. Larry Snelling stressed that Chicago cops won’t assist ICE agents who attempt to conduct raids.