Trump Launches Operation Midway Blitz to Crack Down on Illegal Alien Crime in Chicago

President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security has officially kicked off Operation Midway Blitz a targeted ICE operation in Chicago focused on arresting criminal illegal aliens that have been shielded under Illinois’ disastrous sanctuary state policies. And true to form, the left is losing its mind.

The operation, launched Monday, is being carried out in memory of Katie Abraham, an Illinois resident who was killed by an illegal alien in a horrific hit-and-run crash. Her death like so many others has become a symbol of the cost of open borders and Democrat negligence.

According to DHS, ICE agents had been quietly deployed in the city for over a week, preparing for this offensive aimed at criminal illegal immigrants who, under Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson, have been allowed to thrive at the expense of law-abiding citizens.

“President Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem stand with the victims of illegal alien crime while Governor Pritzker stands with criminal illegal aliens,” DHS said bluntly.

Trump didn’t mince words either. On Truth Social, he posted a meme spoofing Apocalypse Now, complete with the caption. “I love the smell of deportations in the morning.”

Democrats predictably responded with outrage. Pritzker called Trump a “wannabe dictator.” Mayor Johnson claimed the operation is a threat to “democracy.” But Trump isn’t buying it.

“We’re going in. I didn’t say when … but we have the right to do it,” Trump said. “I have an obligation to protect this country.”

And Chicago needs protecting. Badly.

• 572 homicides in 2024, more than any other U.S. city for the 13th year in a row

• 60 people shot over Labor Day weekend, with nine killed

• Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants housed on taxpayer dollars in a city with spiraling poverty and crime

Trump made it clear that this current action is an immigration enforcement operation not yet a full-scale federal policing surge. But he also warned that if city leaders keep refusing help, the White House will act with or without their permission.

“Only the criminals will be hurt,” Trump wrote. “We’d love to go into Chicago. We’re waiting for a call from Chicago.”

But that call isn’t coming. Both Pritzker and Johnson have made it clear they’d rather protect sanctuary policies than their own residents. “There is not an emergency,” Pritzker said as if nearly 50 people being murdered in a few weeks isn’t enough bloodshed.

Here’s what’s really happening:

• Democrat leaders are more worried about optics than outcomes

• The media is more concerned about Trump’s tone than Chicago’s body count

• Illegal aliens with violent criminal records are being protected instead of prosecuted

Operation Midway Blitz is a message and a mission. The Trump administration is proving that it won’t sit by while America’s great cities are destroyed by political cowardice and open-borders ideology.

For Chicagoans desperate for safety, the cavalry has finally arrived.

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