(Washington) The Trump administration has been planning for weeks the deployment of national guard troops in Chicago, wanted by the American president to intensify repression against crime and immigration, according to information relayed by the American media.
The Pentagon develops plans that could mobilize several thousand members of the National Guard in September to the third largest city in the country, reported the Washington Postciting anonymous officials.
The Pentagon refused to confirm this information, a declaring manager: “We will not speculate on other operations”.
“The department is a planning organization and works continuously with other partner agencies on plans to protect property and federal staff,” added the manager.
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Members of the National Guard are walking on the National Mall on August 23, 2025 in Washington.
This information occurs after Donald Trump has deployed in Washington, the federal capital, more than 1900 reservists of the National Guard who should soon be armed, according to another Pentagon official.
Trump said Friday that Chicago and New York – big cities led by Democrats – were ready to receive similar treatment.
“We are going to make our cities very, very safe,” Trump told journalists at the White House. “I think Chicago will be the next one, and then we will help New York. »»
The potential deployment in Chicago would follow a model similar to the controversial operation carried out by the Trump administration in June in Los Angeles, where 4,000 members of the California National Guard and 700 navies in active service had been deployed despite the opposition of local authorities, sources reported in CNN.
The potential deployment in Chicago would complement the intensification of the repression led by the United States immigration and customs (ICE) service aimed at migrants undocumented.
Chicago recorded 573 homicides in 2024, according to city police, a drop of 8% compared to 2023.
