November. The reckoning arrives soon with the incoming administration's talk of immigration raids here any day.
The new president has long painted many of the nation's biggest Democratic cities as hellscapes, condemning what he describes as lawlessness, weakness among those who run them and wrongful sanctuary for those who aren't in the U.S. legally.
His criticism of Chicago has been particularly pointed and started even before he first entered the White House in 2017. So there is little surprise that the Trump team has signaled the city could be a backdrop for the initial dramatic actions of his second term.
After The Wall Street Journal reported the plan Friday, officials over the weekend said they might adjust timing and city targets to protect the element of surprise in their effort to apprehend immigrants with criminal backgrounds.
Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, said on "Fox News Sunday" that the incoming administration was assessing when and how the actions would be conducted out of concern for officer safety.
This story is from the January 21, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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