FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago federal intervention: Tracking surge in immigration enforcement operations
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-rally-today-faith-leaders-daley-plaza-ice-surge-trump-sending-federal-agents-area/17770221/
— ‘Midway Blitz’ honors victim killed by an illegal DUI driver in Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/are-katie-abraham-chloe-polzin-dhs-immigration-operation-midway-blitz-chicago-honors-women-killed-urbana-dui-crash/17772393/
NBC5
— ‘Operation Midway Blitz’: Homeland Security, ICE warn of new operation in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/operation-midway-blitz-homeland-security-ice-warn-of-new-operation-in-chicago/3821080/
CBS2
— Chicago mayor says city “received no notice” ahead of Homeland Security’s “Operation Midway Blitz” announcement
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/operation-midway-blitz-chicago-ice-operations-immigration-crackdown/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-crackdown-chicago-operation-midway-blitz-activists-respond/
FOX32
— Evanston alerts residents to possible ICE activity as Trump admin ramps up enforcement
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/evanston-ice-trump
WGN9
— ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ honors memory of suburban woman killed in crash
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/operation-midway-blitz-honors-memory-of-suburban-woman-killed-in-crash/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration announces immigration surge to begin in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/president-donald-trumps-administration-announces-immigration-surge-to-begin-in-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/chicago-social-media-campaign-trump/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/great-lakes-naval-ice-protest/
— Obama center construction tab reaches $615M as opening nears
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/obama-center-construction-615-million-opening-nears/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders say what to know about the potential National Guard deployment to Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/chicago-national-guard-ice-trump-faq
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/08/trump-chicago-crime-pritzker-national-guard-ice-truth-social
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/08/how-chicago-doctors-are-encouraging-telehealth-during-the-expected-ice-surge
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/08/operation-midway-blitz-katie-abraham-illinois-dhs-kristi-noem-donald-trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/08/trumps-anti-immigration-ice-national-guard-latino-owned-businesses-amy-yee
— Justice Department’s civil rights boss takes on Illinois’ assault weapons ban
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/08/justice-department-civil-rights-chief-donald-trump-assault-weapons-ban-illinois-jb-pritzker
DAILY HERALD
— Conforti clarifies comment about immigrants’ rights
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250908/us-congress-politics/republican-candidate-clarifies-comment-about-immigrants-rights/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Naperville
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250908/submitted-content/naper-pride-fest-returns-for-fourth-year-with-live-music-and-food/
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-new-chicago-immigration-campaign-prompts-confusion-as-city-braces-for-federal-intervention/
— Illinois voters have a clear choice for their future
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-illinois-voters-have-a-clear-choice-for-their-future/
WBEZ
— Trump launches long-promised Chicago deportation campaign, dubbed ‘Operation Midway Blitz’
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/08/trump-chicago-crime-pritzker-national-guard-ice-truth-social
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/09/08/what-parents-should-know-about-sending-kids-to-school-as-feds-scale-up-immigration-enforcement
STATELINE
— A new, temporary security fence erected around the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday has drawn attention amid reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are deploying soon to the Chicago area.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/ice-rockford-courthouse-security-fence/
CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois Republican State Central Committeeperson Jeanne Ives, who lives in Wheaton: THESE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR MINDS! First, Wheaton is not a hotspot for illegals to reside. Even though we are the home of World Relief, that organization brings in bona fide refugees who have been vetted. Yes, Wheaton has several progressive Christian organizations that have bought into the “No one is Illegal” mantra, but there is not a lot of low-income housing or jobs available in the city. Second, Wheaton is one of the safest cities in Illinois precisely because our laws are enforced. These ingrates don’t appreciate that they are literally demanding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement not enforce our national laws. It’s either that, or they think ICE is wrongly enforcing the laws. Which is it, organizers? And what exactly does “Harm to One is Harm to All” mean? Maybe the organizers should ask if the harm – murder of Katie Abraham and her friend Chloe Polzin – by an illegal alien in Champaign means harm to all. Why aren’t they focused on that? Or the harm illegals do by just simply flaunting our laws and expecting us to pick up the tab for everything. This particular rally in Wheaton, though, is just trying to get the Democrats riled up in the suburbs for political gain. They are looking to piggyback on all the attention Chicago is receiving about the threat of heightened ICE enforcement and possibly the National Guard coming to patrol the streets of the City. Ms. Ives is widely rumored to be on the short-list of potential running mates for Republican gubernatorial candidate Ted Dabrowski.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/08/two-takes-on-wheaton/
— Darren Bailey has decided to announce for governor
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/08/source-darren-bailey-has-decided-to-annouce-for-governor/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-377/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP AG candidate Joe Cervantez: IL’s triplex of Democrat statewide offices ‘fails the people’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_54b3bb73-3eb8-4ebd-bc7e-4ce0cab5bc30.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— ICE Announces Illinois “Operation Midway Blitz”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/08/ice-announces-illinois-operation-midway-blirz/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Chicago needs federal intervention, but not National Guard
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-chicago-needs-federal-intervention-but-not-national-guard/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s gunboat diplomacy. Administration obliterates a small boat suspected of carrying drugs on the high seas.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/8/editorial-trumps-gunboat-diplomacy/
— IDs should be a nationwide voting requirement. Trump’s promised executive order will help restore election integrity.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/8/ids-nationwide-voting-requirement/
— Hyundai immigration raid shows perils of foreign investment on U.S. soil. American workers fired in favor of South Korean illegals.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/8/hyundai-immigration-raid-shows-perils-foreign-investment-us-soil/
AMERUICAN THINKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/all_americans_are_rightly_disturbed.html
— So much for the myth that illegal aliens only take jobs Americans don’t want
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/so_much_for_the_myth_that_illegal_aliens_only_take_jobs_americans_don_t_want.html
BREITBART
— Rep. Mary Miller calls for end of pride month and replace it with Celebration of Family Month
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/08/exclusive-rep-mary-miller-calls-for-end-of-pride-mont-replace-with-celebration-of-family/
FEDERALIST
— Deporting Illegal Immigrants Is Not Enough
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/08/deporting-illegal-immigrants-is-not-enough/
NEWSMAX
— Homan: Zero Tolerance for Protesters Who Commit Violence Against ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/us/tom-homan-ice-protesters/2025/09/08/id/1225525/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Administration Just Launched ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ to Catch Illegal Immigrants in Chicago
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/09/08/trump-administration-launches-operation-midway-blitz-targeting-illegal-immigrants-in-chicago-n2662921
